France Edges Closer to Ratifying Workplace Violence Treaty

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. © 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters (Paris, July 23) “The world of work must not be a source of anxiety or insecurity for women.” ”France now intends to be a model in the implementation of [the] Convention, by ratifying it as soon as possible.” France’s Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, made this promise at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris on July 2. Today, the National Assembly adopted the bill to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention…

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