MONTREAL — In Indonesia's humid heat, I watched as dozens of men on motorcycles lingered outside the garment factory gates, their children hanging off their shoulders as they waited for their partners to finish their shifts. These men — many without jobs of their own — came to pick up the women who provide for their families.

In Sukabumi — where the main employers are garment factories, and their workers are predominantly women — women are the backbone of the economy. And yet these women often face violence both at work and at home — and their employers can and should be doing much more to help.