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GAIA principles to end gender-based violence and harassment in commercial agriculture and fisheries

  • Why principles?
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  • Principle 1: All GBVH is prohibited
  • Principle 2: Commit to prevent GBVH
  • Principle 3: Senior leadership considers GBVH risk
  • Principle 4: Policies and procedures prevent GBVH
  • Principle 5: Responsible purchasing practices
  • Principle 6: Transparent decision making
  • Principle 7: Workers exercise their rights
  • Principle 8: All workers can report GBVH
  • Principle 9: Businesses provide remedy of GBVH
  • Principle 10: Businesses are accountable
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Key standards

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct

ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy 

ILO Convention 190  and Recommendation 206 

Comprehensive guidance on how companies can address gender-based violence: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment Emerging Good Practice for the Private Sector from International Finance Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and CDC Group

Additional guidance on changing organisational culture, including bystander accountability: What will it take? Promoting cultural change to end sexual harassment

Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, Train the Trainers Toolkit on the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206): https://www.iuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-Violence-and-Harassment-in-the-World-of-Work-Facilitator-Guide.pdf and https://www.iuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-Violence-and-Harassment-in-the-World-of-Work-Activity-Workbook.pdf

ACT EMP (ILO employers association) guide for employers: https://www.ilo.org/publications/violence-and-harassment-work-practical-guide-employers

Background on GBVH in commercial agricultural supply chains - Spotlight on sexual violence and harassment in commercial agriculture: Lower and middle income countries

Creating safe spaces for women to organise and access their rights
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Wages

ILO Adopted Conclusions for the Meeting of experts on wage policies, including living wages

Decent work

ILO Policy guidelines for the promotion of decent work in the agri-food sector

Responsible purchasing practices

Responsible Purchasing Practices (RPP) resource hub
Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices in Food

Supporting  LGBTQI+ workers

ILO - Inclusion of LGBTI+ persons in the workplace

Victim/survivor based approach

ISAC Definition & Principles of a Victim/Victim/survivor Centered Approach
UN Women - What will it take promoting cultural change to end sexual harasssment 

Grievance mechanism

UNGP 31 Effectiveness criteria – Summary of ARP III Guidance
Access to Remedy in Cases of Business-Related Human Rights Abuses: A practice guide for non-state-based grievance mechanisms (Full Guidance)
ETI Recommendations for effective operational grievance mechanisms 

Remediation

ETI Access to remedy: Practical Guidance For Companies

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GAIA principles to end GBVH in agriculture and fisheries

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Principles to end gender-based violence and harassment in commercial agriculture and fisheries.
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Published: 21 November 2025
Last updated: 26 November 2025

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