Adrienne Cruz, co-author of Gender-based Violence in the World of Work (Geneva, ILO, 2011): 'The term 'gender-based violence' captures the fact that such violence is rooted in unequal power between women and men.'
This article is a preview to the agenda of the 2018 International Labour Conference, which will discuss possible new international labour standards to fight violence at work. It features the ILO-IFC Better Work programme, which succeeded in reducing the number of cases related to sexual harassment at work – in line with recently adopted ILO guidelines on violence at work.