Workplace gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) does not happen in a vacuum. Incidents of GBVH flourish in environments where power is unchecked, enforcement is weak, workers lack collective voice, and economic precarity is normalized. Centering equity is essential, given that people who have been pushed to the margins are disproportionately affected—although GBVH knows no boundaries.
Our first Equity Matters conversation of 2026 will focus on GBVH and move beyond awareness to examine how we should change systems. Instead of just asking how we respond to incidents of GBVH, we must ask a more fundamental question: what would it take to design workplaces where violence cannot thrive?
Join us in thinking expansively about what it means to build a workplace safety ecosystem capable of preventing gender-based violence and harassment. During this conversation with key partners, we will discuss equity-focused interventions, campaigns, and programming that address GBVH in the world of work and within different sectors, centering the voices and advocacy of workers and unions.
