UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights

Harpreet Kaur is a Business and Human Rights Specialist at the UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, where she oversees a regional project aiming at promoting responsible business practices through partnerships in Asia. She provides technical and advisory support to governments... Read More →

Ms. Katia Chirizzi is the Deputy Regional Representative of the OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia, since 2015. Prior to this, Ms. Chirizzi worked with OHCHR in several capacities, in Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and in Geneva. Before joining OHCHR, Ms. Chirizzi worked with... Read More →

Rameshwar is the longest serving director of Amnesty International Nepal, a position he has left to head Equidem’s Nepal office. Rameshwar coordinates Equidem’s work across South Asia and manages our work in Nepal, including a team of four field investigators in that country... Read More →

Ms Dagmar Walter has over 20 years of her career with ILO, worked in several regions and duty stations across Africa, Europe, Americas and now Asia. Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, she strives to foster office efficiency and team spirit for integrated technical... Read More →

Anant leads the Organizational Development (O.D.) department at Shahi Exports. Established in 1974 by Sarla Ahuja, a seamstress herself, Shahi has grown to become India's largest apparel manufacturers, operating 60+ factories with a workforce of 100,000, a majority being women. The... Read More →

Importance of dialogue, freedom of association, collective bargaining and democratic values