Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers
Speakers: Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna , Sudeep Kunwar , Neill Wilkins , Rakesh Ranjan and John Morrison
About this Session
The opening of GFRR 2024 will welcome participants in London and the online audience. We will use the Responsible Recruitment Register to assess progress. How many companies now have a policy that prohibits charging recruitment fees to workers? If they do what does that mean? How do we move from policy to practice? Representatives from business and civil society will express their hopes for the forum. We will also hear from a migrant worker from the Gulf - How does he mark progress?
About The Speakers
Founder and Director, Our Journey
Sumitha has 16 years of experience working on the ground with migrant workers and domestic workers' communities in Asia and bringing their perspectives and voices to conversations on migrants rights and protection.
Member / Country Coordinator, Shramik Sanjal
I am Sudeep, a migrant worker from Nepal who has been working in the Middle East since 2008. Witnessing vulnerable conditions such as wage theft and unethical recruitment, I volunteer with Shramik Sanjal to advocate for migrant workers' rights.
Head of Migrant Workers Programme, Institute for Human Rights and Business
IHRB lead on migrant workers and responsible recruitment programme.
South Asia Regional Coordinator, Institute for Human Rights and Business
South Asia Regional Coordinator at IHRB, Specialist in International Labour Migration and Responsible Recruitment, Published Author on Indian Diaspora Homeland Engagement