Shikha Silliman Shattacharjee
@shikhaphone
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Senior Policy and Innovation Advisor, Equidem I Law, Research, Labour, Migration, Supply Chains, Sustainability
Sangolda, Goa, India
Joined June 2012
“People [@ #C0P29] are talking about mitigation, but for wide swaths of the population the climate crisis is already here," @Equidem's Research Director, @shikhaphone said. Read about the new types of climate-change related violence we just uncovered:
theguardian.com
Research and undercover interviews reveal reality of extreme heat exacerbated by abusive working conditions
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Important post by my brilliant Equidem colleague @shikhaphone about a recent endorsement of living wages by @ILO, the UN labour rights body.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world who earn at or below the minimum wage cannot afford food, rent, healthcare and other necessities. That's why the @ILO's recent endorsement of a living wage is an exciting step. Read more from @Equidemorg here https://t.co/cAgB2zNFW8
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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 💔
nytimes.com
Satellite imagery, sealed court documents and interviews with survivors suggest that hundreds of deaths were preventable.
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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
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How can laws encourage recruitment practices that protect the interests of both workers and employers in #informal markets? Check out my new research - Regulating Recruitment: Migration, Criminalization, and Compounded Informality
scholarship.law.upenn.edu
By Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee, Published on 01/01/23
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We're proud to announce the creation of a Disability, Equity, Justice (DEJ) Working Group within #C20India — a milestone for the disability community, giving us the space & focus to accelerate the agenda to #LeaveNoOneBehind! More updates coming up 🔥✊🏾 https://t.co/IVxoynY6KX
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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: https://t.co/OshDoAQois
#DisabilityC20India
https://t.co/MkmpkvVJM4
At its ongoing #Bhubaneswar meeting, @C20EG has announced the decision to mainstream #disability and establish a separate Working Group to focus on Disability, Equity, Justice (DEJ), with dedicated attention to #disabilityrights, a first ever in any #C20 process! #G20India
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Big news! 🔥 India's #G20 presidency has made history by creating — for the very first time — a separate working group focused on #DisabilityEquityJustice within @C20EG The DEJ will be led by our founder & ED @saysnidhigoyal supported by @risnawati_utami Stay tuned for more ✊🏾
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India breaks new ground on disability rights - announcing a dedicated #C20 working group on Disability, Equity, Justice ❤️ Cheers @saysnidhigoyal @RisingFlameNow to your unflinching vision for equity and inclusion, and the focus and energy you bring to just transformation
At its ongoing #Bhubaneswar meeting, @C20EG has announced the decision to mainstream #disability and establish a separate Working Group to focus on Disability, Equity, Justice (DEJ), with dedicated attention to #disabilityrights, a first ever in any #C20 process! #G20India
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#Migrant rights folks - the Migrant Rights Database, a searchable platform on laws protecting migrants and their implementation across nations just launched https://t.co/Le71MoAPK6. Congrats @Cornell @GeorgeMasonU - has been a pleasure to contribute the India legal analysis
lnkd.in
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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 @perryworldhouse
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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 @IAFFE @sfparr @knr21_cam @FeministOnMarx
I will be part of a second exciting roundtable on workers' rights, gender and the global apparel industry @IAFFE on June 30, with Sheba Tejani and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (organisers), Mark Anner, Kanchana Runwanpura and Shika Bhattacharjee. See some of you there!
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I am speaking at 30th IAFFE Annual Conference on systemic causes of labour rights abuses in #globalsupplychains with @sfparr @knr21_cam @FeministOnMarx, and Mark Anner. Please join us if you're attending the event! #iaffe2022
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How do #migrants move between temporary jobs? How can we identify dynamic labor migration processes? How are recruitment practices governed? Read my new article, "Migrant Labor Supply Chains: Architectures of Mobile Assemblages"
journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores the potential for Assemblage Theory to supplement current approaches to studying labor migration in law and the social sciences. Based upon ...
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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
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism
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Kicking off the year with the launch of a new project from @HELMsocial @COLegalServ @NuLawLab! The Colorado Virtual Courthouse is a guided, 360-degree virtual tour of a Colorado courthouse, designed to improve access to justice for SRLs: Check it out at https://t.co/nCKciNCn98
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Important read on clash between BJP’s pan-Hindu #nationalism and #India foreign policy aims in #Bangladesh
scroll.in
The BJP’s Hindutva politics across borders stands in conflict with India’s foreign policy aim of keeping Bangladesh happy.
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Hot off the press - launching new research today that details the structure of legal exclusions that deny agricultural workers across the world freedom of association and other labour rights protections - the report is based on analysis of labour rights in 110 countries
Today, GLJ-ILRF & @IUFglobal launched a new report on the importance of ILO Convention 11 in addressing the pervasive & ongoing exclusion of agricultural workers from exercising their fundamental right to freedom of association & collective bargaining.
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Join GLJ-ILRF & @IUFglobal tomorrow as we launch research on laws in 110 states laying out the global structure of legal exclusions that undermine labor rights protections for agricultural workers. ⏰ 9:30-11am ET | 15:30-17 CEST 🔗 https://t.co/JjkcKNB1Hz | Passcode: 429090
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