{"id":8449,"date":"2022-10-19T07:54:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T05:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=8449"},"modified":"2022-10-19T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T05:54:49","slug":"uni-mentoring-program-follow-up-workshop-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mentoring-program-follow-up-workshop-in-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI Mentoring Program Follow Up Workshop in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"
UNI Mentoring Program workshop supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES Nepal)<\/a> in Kathmandu, Nepal with a group of 13 tandems of Mentors & Mentees are participating from ICTS, Finance, Commerce, Beauty – Hair & Care, Telecom, Care sectors.<\/p>\r\n In the program experienced women mentor young women willing to participate in union activities by sharing their experiences. The tandems are selected from the same-city-union to make it easier for them to communicate with each other, encouraging stronger & active participation from women members in the unions. The program supports women and trade unions by increasing women leadership and active participation to include issues faced by women through collective bargaining.<\/p>\r\n The workshop held on 10th-11th October focused on issues women face such as (1) Low access to resources (2) Unpaid care work and domestic duties (3) Gender based violence at workplace (4) discrimination in family, society, workplace, (5) 3 M-Menstruation-Maternity-Menopause (6) Media portrayal of women`s body as a commodity (7) Gender Pay Gap. Some of the challenges mentioned by the participants during the program were: lack of trust in a woman`s abilities,\u00a0 gender pay gap, lack of flexibility in the timings, patriarchal mindsets, lack of safety leading to women not being to be able to travel \u00a0for work, negative image of trade unions, difficulties in convincing male colleagues in the unions, lack of dignity to self-employed women, \/informal workers, no labour laws to cover informal workers.<\/p>\r\n Through the mentoring program participants were able to gain: self-confidence, newer ideas of working together, women`s representation substantially strengthened, women were able to participate in CBA negotiations, participants led campaigns\/workshops on ratification of C190, in many places committee on Sexual Harassment at workplace was formed.<\/p>\r\n