Under the heading "Decent Work, Decent Life for Women," the first International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) World Women's Conference brought together 460 delegates from over 100 countries from October 19 to 21 in Brussels. They examined the repercussions of the global jobs crisis on women and mapped out international trade union actions to improve their job security, pay, and working conditions.
Hong Kong, one of the world's leading financial centers, has been hard hit by the economic crisis, accentuating the inequalities women workers already suffer. Cheung Lai-ha, a delegate to the conference, is the vice president of the Honk Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), president of its Women's Committee, and general secretary of the textile sector union....