THEME: Women’s Leadership and Development TITLE: How to deal with the pain of others: Tips for educators, facilitators and researchers PUBLISHED BY: Labour Research Service (LRS), South Africa LANGUAGE: English WHO IS THIS FOR? This article will be useful for those who work in programmes that deal with issues such as gender based violence, sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Written by Nosipho Twala, a facilitator, researcher and educator for the Labour Research Service (LRS) in South Africa, the article details the author’s own experiences of creating unique spaces for groups to work together developing strategies to deal with gender based violence and related issues. Within these safe spaces, people feel free to share, and often painful and troubling stories emerge. This article helps to acknowledge the vicarious trauma which facilitators can also experience, in the pursuit of helping and supporting others. Download here How to deal with the pain of others: Tips for educators, facilitators and researchers

THEME: Women’s Leadership and Development TITLE: Women in Labour History PUBLISHED BY: Zinn Education Project, USA LANGUAGE: English WHO IS THIS FOR? This web guide can be read and enjoyed by study circles, labour educators and union leaders particularly concerned with gender and women and work. The impact women have made in labour history is often missing from textbooks and the media despite the numerous roles women have played to organise, unionize, rally, document, and inspire workers – both men and women, children and adults, citizens and immigrants – to fight for justice. From championing better workplace conditions to cutting back the 12-hour day to demanding equal pay across racial lines, this web guide features a few of the women who have contributed to the labour movement in America. Download here Women in Labour History

THEME: Women’s Leadership and Development TITLE:Sacudir la indiferencia: Nuestras realidades como trabajadoras del servicio domestic PUBLISHED BY: Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS), Colombia LANGUAGE: Spanish WHO IS THIS FOR? This booklet can be used by worker educators, union members and leaders, and community activists who are particularly focused on gender and domestic work, and informal work. In Colombia there is job insecurity and discrimination against women in the world of work, especially in domestic work. This booklet looks at the realities and challenges that face domestic workers in Colombia, and what can be done to improve the situation. It includes sections on pay, labour laws, sexual harassment and violence in the workplace, and maternity leave. It also looks at how new policies need to be introduced to provide access to justice and protection against all forms of discrimination and violence.  It includes case studies from Urabá, Cartagena and four of its rural communities, and Medellín. Download here Sacudir la indiferencia: Nuestras realidades como trabajadoras del servicio domestic

THEME: Women’s Leadership and Development TITLE: Financial Education for SEWA Bank Members PUBLISHED BY: SEWA, 2003 LANGUAGE: English WHO IS THIS FOR? This booklet is aimed at urban and rural SEWA Bank staff and community leaders. There is a dire need for spreading the concept of financial planning and its importance for poor women. There is also a need to provide them information about different financial services, products and investment opportunities available in the market in a language that is simple and appropriate for their understanding. With this booklet, SEWA members will engage in a number of learning activities to learn how to financially plan, broadly matching their life cycle needs with the various types of products SEWA Bank and other formal and informal local financial services providers offer. The manual is tailored to different levels of trainers and trainees. Download here Financial Education for SEWA Bank Members