Ivanka Trump’s brand has not taken much of a stand for the rights of the mostly women workers in its supply chain. For women workers globally, Ivanka Trump has remained silent and appears unaware of the Trump administration’s apparent lack of support for a new ILO Convention on Violence against Women and Men in the World of Work. According to the United Nations, 40-50 percent of EU women experience unwanted sexual advances, harassment or physical contact at work. Ivanka may be constrained from speaking for her brand, but there is no reason she could not be advancing legal policies and reform initiatives designed to ensure women workers are protected and able to access remedy when their rights are violated. For a woman committed to “promoting greater opportunit[ies] for women around the world”, she needs to seize this opportunity before it is too late.

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2017 23:16 UTC