Equity Matters: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment as a Workplace Safety Issue
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Workplace gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) does not happen in a vacuum. Incidents of GBVH flourish in environments where power is unchecked, enforcement is weak, workers lack collective voice, and economic precarity is normalized. Centering equity is essential, given that people who have been pushed to the margins are disproportionately affected—although GBVH knows no boundaries.
Our first Equity Matters conversation of 2026 will focus on GBVH and move beyond awareness to examine how we should change systems. Instead of just asking how we respond to incidents of GBVH, we must ask a more fundamental question: what would it take to design workplaces where violence cannot thrive?
Join us in thinking expansively about what it means to build a workplace safety ecosystem capable of preventing gender-based violence and harassment. During this conversation with key partners, we will discuss equity-focused interventions, campaigns, and programming that address GBVH in the world of work and within different sectors, centering the voices and advocacy of workers and unions.
Watch the recording below:
Resources from “Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment as a Workplace Safety Issue”:
CLASP Resources
- The Exploitative Mechanisms of Precarious Work: National Insights and New Orleans’ Worker VOICES
- Centering Black Women in the Fight for Safe Jobs
- Temporary Staffing Agencies: Anti-Black Racism and Inefficacy by Design
- The Dangerous and Violent Reality of Controlling Women
Chicago Women in Trades Resources
- Chicago Women in Trades GBVH Prevention Policy
- Chicago Women in Trades Policy and Advocacy
- Chicago Women in Trades Equity Resource Center
Labor Movement and Binding Agreement Resources
- AFL-CIO information on binding agreements
- Dindigul Agreement Fact Sheet
- Fact Sheet: Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice
Campaigns and Organizing
Survivor Support and Workplace Response Tools
- Workplaces Respond to Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Self-Care Interactive Tool
- Decision Tree for Victims of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Resources for Survivors or Loved Ones
Other Key Resources
- Responding to Gender-Based Violence and Harassment: Trauma-Informed Strategies for the Labor Movement
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month Toolkit
- FUTURES Without Violence Resource Library
Hotlines
- National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline, 1-800-656-2080