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Strengthening transformative women’s leadership development in the labour movement

LRS has a global recognition in transformative leadership through an academic partnership.

2 years ago

Creating a world of work free of gender-based violence

by Nina Benjamin feminist popular education / gender based violence / gender equality / violence and discrimination

Unions tackle GBVH with different approaches across domestic work, public health, education, garment manufacturing, and retail sectors.

3 years ago

Promoting the value of care work for a just and sustainable society

by LRS care work / gender equality / National School Nutrition Programme / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers / women workers / workers’ rights

Advocacy by a group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng for recognition and rights as workers under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) can potentially catalyse a national movement and positively impact the lives of the women who cook and serve food to learners.

5 years ago

Using an intersectional analysis to promote inclusion in the World of Work

by LRS gender equality / homophobia / ILO Convention 190 / inclusion and diversity / LGBTI workers rights

As defenders of human rights, trade unions address the intersecting forms of discrimination and inequalities workers experience.

Feminist pedagogy to guide our work of transforming unequal gender relations

We align our practice with our values and beliefs, working holistically: with our heads for thinking and knowing, our hearts for guidance, and our hands for shaping our practice