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Session Overview
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Date: Monday, 10/July/2023
11:30am
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1:00pm
Parallel Session 1.2: Challenges to Decent Work in Manufacturing GVCs
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Guillaume Delautre
 

Trade and Decent Work in Mexico's Automobile Industry: the Road Travelled and the Unchartered Territory

Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, Rosa Gómez Tovar, Joaquín Sánchez Gómez, Lizzeth Gómez Rodríguez



Work and Employment in the Lithium-Ion Battery Industry for Electric Vehicles: a Preliminary Overview

Tommaso Pardi



Labour Practices and Working Conditions in Indian Informal Gold Jewellery Manufacturing Sector: Perspective of Decent Work in the Context of New Labour Reforms

Biju Varkkey, Jatinder Kumar Jha, Ansari Novel

2:30pm
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4:00pm
Parallel Session 2.2: Regulatory Challenges in Agricultural Value Chains
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Stephanie Barrientos
 

How Do Gender and Race Shape Labour Exploitation in Southern French Agriculture?

Charline Sempere



Slave Labor in Brazilian Coffee Industry and the New German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

Fernanda de Mendonça Melo, Maria Carolina Fernandes Oliveira



The Wine Industry in Chile: The Global Supply Chain Approach for the Analysis and Improvement of Regulatory Compliance in the World of Work.

Gerhard Reinecke, Nicolás Torres

4:30pm
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6:00pm
Parallel Session 3.2: Special Session on Better Work Training on Sexual Harassment Prevention
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

Evaluating Better Work Training on Sexual Harassment Prevention: Traditional Methods, Virtual Reality, and the Gendered Challenges for Workers

Chair(s): Arianna Rossi

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Global Garment Industry: An Assessment of Better Work Initiatives in Indonesia, Jordan, Nicaragua, and Vietnam

Beth English, Kelly Pike, Tinu Koithara Mathew

 

Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Virtual Reality Training: Preliminary Findings from Better Work VR Pilot in Indonesia

Kelly Pike, Tinu Koithara Mathew

 

Exploring the Gendered Challenges for Women’s Work in the Egyptian Garment Industry

Ahmed Mohamed

Date: Tuesday, 11/July/2023
9:00am
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10:30am
Parallel Session 4.2: Special Session on Trade and Decent Work (I)
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

Trade and Decent Work Special Session I: Has Trade Led to Better Jobs? Findings Based on ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chair(s): Marva Corley-Coulibaly

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Trade and Decent Work in Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector

Benjamin Aleman-Castilla

 

Trade and Decent Work in Viet Nam: Insights from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Pelin Sekerler Richiardi, Sajid Ghani, Pham Ngoc Toan

 

Gendered Effects of Trade Restrictions on Labour Market Outcomes in Malawi

Henry Kankwamba

11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 5.2: Special Session on Trade and Decent Work (II)
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

Trade and Decent Work Special Session II: The Potential of Trade Instruments to Address Decent Work Deficits in Supply Chains

Chair(s): Pelin Sekerler Richiardi

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Tackling Forced Labour in Supply Chains through Trade Instruments: Towards Effective Multi-Layered Governance?

Franz Christian Ebert, Francesca Francavilla, Lorenzo Guarcello

 

ILO’s Role in Supporting Countries to Implement Trade-related Labour Standards Commitments

Karen Curtis, Elizabeth Echeverría Manrique

 

Can the African Continental Free Trade Area Promote Decent Work?

Jamie MacLeod

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 6.2: Special on Free Trade Agreements and International Labour Rights
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

Free Trade Agreements as an Enforcement Tool for International Labour Rights? Lessons from the EU-Korea FTA Case

Chair(s): Christina Hiessl

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Sustainability Clauses in FTAs and Their Enforcement in Context

Christina Hiessl

 

Whither the Korea-EU FTA After Ratification of the ILO Core Conventions?

Aelim Yun, Yeonmin Cho

 

Implications for Labour Rights Protection in the EU

Elena Gramano

4:00pm
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5:30pm
Parallel Session 7.2: Special Session on M-POWERing the Labour Movement
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

M-POWERing the Labor Movement: Lessons Learned from Policy and Research Work to Strengthen Worker Voice

Chair(s): Chris Kazlauskas

Discussant(s): Susan Hayter

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Lessons Learned From the US Governments Work to Strengthen Labor Rights Worldwide

Lauren Jowell

 

Research Insights on Worker Voice

Mark Sebastian Anner

 

Enforceable Brand Agreements

Sifat Amita

Date: Wednesday, 12/July/2023
9:00am
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10:30am
Parallel Session 8.2: Digitalisation in Global Value Chains
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: David Campbell Francis
 

Digital Jobs in Developing Economies: Can Digitalisation Drive Structural Transformation?

Sarah Bridget Cook, Uma Rani



The Role of Competition Amongst Workers in BPO-AI Supply Chains: Evidence From Indian Data Labellers

Raghav Mehrotra, Aditi Surie



Ground Control using Automation: Implications for Content Moderators and Service Suppliers

Sana Ahmad



The Kaldor-Verdoorn Law at the Age of Robots and AI

Andrea Borsato, André Lorentz

11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 9.2: Global Values Chains and Invisible Workforce
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Guillaume Delautre
 

The Invisible Labour in Reversed Global Value Chains: Tracing Waste Destruction Networks Between Germany and Turkey

Safak Tartanoglu Bennett, Vera Weghmann



Do Large-Scale Training Programs Increase Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains?

Alessandro Guasti, Matthew Amengual, Damian Raess

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 10.2: Migrant Workers
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Fabiola Mieres
 

Promised Land: Foreign Workers' Experiences in the Quebec Food Processing Industry

Blandine Emilien



Walking a Tightrope? Progress and Barriers in Freedom of Association Rights for Migrant Workers

Rachel Ruth Alexander, Fabiola Mieres


 
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