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Push for gender equality provisions in collective agreements.Collective bargaining is in many countries key to defining termsand conditions of work. Issues such as wages and benefits,access to training, working hours (including flexible working time),maternity and paternity leave, vulnerable workers (temporary andfreelance in particular) and dignity at the workplace are issuesthat must be integrated in the collective bargaining process. Theirlevel of priority should be determined by the women themselvesthrough women committees or gender equality groups. Do not to allow “women’s issues” to be stereotyped themselves, butstress the importance and impact of these issues on all membersof the union. Women journalists want to be whole members of theprofession and of the unions and their contribution is essential toimproving work, pay and conditions for society as a whole. Make results known: Communicate successes to union members.Neli Mahjoob,Translator, Journalist, litrature critic for children publication, Iran. © Hossein Karim Zade.30 GENDER EQUALITY IN JOURNALISM
COMBATING SEXUAL HARASSMENTWHAT CAN UNIONS DO? Create awareness about sexual harassment at the workplace, andthe need to combat it. This can be done through posters, handouts,pamphlets, bulletins, notices, badges (something like ‘Zero ToleranceZone for Sexual Harassment’). Ensure that the workplace has a policy to deal with sexualharassment at the workplace, and has set up a ComplaintsCommittee as required by law. Ensure that sexual harassment is listed as ‘misconduct’ in the servicerules of the company. Lobby to ensure union representation on the Complaints Committee,to counter any trends towards anti-labour practices. Conduct workshops to promote gender sensitivity among union members. Conduct workshops in self-defence and personality development inorder to boost the confidence of women union members. Set up Gender Councils to take the issue forward. Support any woman who complains about sexual harassment, andassist her in pursuing justice.Laxmy Murthy, journalist, extract from Europe-India- a handbook on genderequality in journalism, IFJGENDER EQUALITY IN JOURNALISM31
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