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Nandita Shivakumar
Business & Human Rights
Independent Advisor
Description
Nandita Shivakumar is a labor organiser and campaigner whose work has focused on gender justice, sustainability, and migrant rights in global fashion supply chains. She has also coordinated and overseen multi-country programs and research projects on business and human rights, involving more than 50 trade unions, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders across seven countries in South and Southeast Asia. Most recently, she was involved in the development and implementation of the Dindigul Agreement to Eliminate GBVH, the first Enforceable Brand Agreement (EBA) to address gender and caste based violence in the Asian garment industry. Currently she works with Cividep India, and serves as an advisor to the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union and as a Steering Committee Member of United Nations Foundation (UNF)'s Accountability Platform. She believes in reimagining a new era of work for women workers, where decent work, violence-free workplaces and living wages are a reality.
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