East Asian Studies Speaker Series: Michele Ford

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Michele Ford, a professor of Southeast Asian studies at the University of Sydney (Australia), will give a talk titled "Union Responses to Gender-based Violence in Cambodia's Construction Sector" as part of the East Asian Studies Speaker Series. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the International Studies Program.

Gender-based violence and harassment at work (workplace GBVH) is a global, complex, and intractable issue that impacts millions of workers' lives. In Cambodia, unions – both local and international – have also attempted to influence policy, promote law reform and strengthen law enforcement, and raise awareness about the need to combat GBVH. Ford will discuss and critically assess the nature and impact of union interventions in the Cambodian construction sector. She argues that transformation within both local and international unions is required before real progress on construction-sector workplace GBVH can be expected.