Democratic lawmakers today asked the Obama Administration to support the ILO’s efforts to combat gender-based violence in the workplace around the world and across industries...Rep. Miller, senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee [said:] “Worldwide, working women are ruthlessly exploited. They face daily sexual harassment, intimidation, and verbal and physical abuse...We must establish international norms that address violence against women at work, and hold companies and industries accountable for protecting the most fundamental labor human rights of their workers, up and down the supply chain. Businesses must better protect their female workers. If they don’t, their labels may as well read: ‘made with violence against women.’”...A recent example of workplace violence against women is the case of the garment industry in Bangladesh...factory owners...[lay] off women to avoid paying maternity benefits, forcing women to work unpaid overtime, and far exceeding legally permissible maximum working hours...Reports of women being beaten or held captive by their employers are common...An ILO Convention would help address the injustices for women in the garment and other industries industry and would be an important step to improve women’s working conditions worldwide.