Shikha Silliman Shattacharjee
@shikhaphone
Senior Policy and Innovation Advisor, Equidem I Law, Research, Labour, Migration, Supply Chains, Sustainability
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Important post by my brilliant Equidem colleague Shikha Silliman Shattacharjee about a recent endorsement of living wages by @ILO, the UN labour rights body.
Global #migration policy is not equipped to handle the realities of displacement - the devastating loss of hundreds of lives and futures on the Adriana is a dark reminder that we urgently need new migration paradigms π nytimes.com/2023/07/01/worβ¦
Live from the #globalfashionsummit - learning industry-side how global fashion industrial leaders and innovators are taking action toward sustainable global supply chains. Following conversations on #labour rights accountability, #traceability , #logistics , and #circulareconomy
This momentous move from India in recognising the importance of dedicated attention to disability rights has never been done before under G20 efforts.
Read more about the working group here: civil20.net/working-groupsβ¦
#DisabilityC20India
twitter.com/g20org/status/β¦
Big news! π₯
India's #G20 presidency has made history by creating β for the very first time β a separate working group focused on #DisabilityEquityJustice within Civil20India2023
The DEJ will be led by our founder & ED Nidhi Goyal supported by RisnawatiUtami
Stay tuned for more βπΎ
India breaks new ground on disability rights - announcing a dedicated #C20 working group on Disability, Equity, Justice β€οΈ Cheers Nidhi Goyal Rising Flame to your unflinching vision for equity and inclusion, and the focus and energy you bring to just transformation
#Migrant rights folks - the Migrant Rights Database, a searchable platform on laws protecting migrants and their implementation across nations just launched lnkd.in/dRVSbTMX. Congrats Cornell University George Mason University - has been a pleasure to contribute the India legal analysis
How to respond to labor exploitation in the global market: (1) challenge power asymmetries on supply chains (2) end race, caste, gender, indigeneity, disability - based exclusion (3) include informal sector workers (4) rebuild social safety nets - thanks Perry World House
Very excited to be part of a stellar rountable, with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Sheba Tejani (organisers), Mark Anner, Alessandra Mezzadri, and Kanchana Ruwanpura! Looking forward
International Association for Feminist Economics Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Kanchana N Ruwanpura πππ Alessandra Mezzadri
I am speaking at 30th IAFFE Annual Conference on systemic causes of labour rights abuses in #globalsupplychains with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Kanchana N Ruwanpura πππ Alessandra Mezzadri, and Mark Anner. Please join us if you're attending the event! #iaffe2022
I am speaking at IAFFE #iaffeRoundtable on systemic causes of labor rights abuses in global supply chain with sheba tejani, Kanchana N Ruwanpura πππ Alessandra Mezzadri mark anner, shikha silliman bhattacharjee. check it out if you're attending! #iaffe2022 - via #Whova event app
How do #fastfashion brands cut costs by exploiting women #workers and the #environment ? How does the structure of value chains facilitate these injustices?
Excited to share our new book - Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism cambridge.org/core/books/revβ¦
Important read on clash between BJPβs pan-Hindu #nationalism and #India foreign policy aims in #Bangladesh scroll.in/article/100796β¦