Event speakers Image Andrews Addoquayte Tagoe Regional Representative Global March against Child Labour (Anglophone Africa) Image Samuel Sasu Adonteng Programmes Officer for Tertiary Education, All-Africa Students Union Image Edgar Aguilar Social Finance Officer at International Labour Organization Image Elizabeth Akanbombire Senior Labour Officer at Labour Department Image Luisa María Alcalde Luján Secretary of Labor - Mexico Image Lina Nataly Alvarado Riaño Youth activist Image Beate Andrees Special Representative to the UN and Director of ILO Office in New York Image Joséphine Andriamamonjiarison Associée de Hermès Conseils Image Peter Antwi Deputy Director/Focal Person on Child Labour, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Ghana Image Pamela Ares Labour Inclusion Subsecretary Image Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman Vice Chairperson Bunyad Literacy and Community Council (BLCC), Pakistan Image Elena Avenati International Advocacy & Policy, Private Sector and SDGs Manager Save the Children Italy Image Kamasa Dorothy Azimi Youth Advocate and Founder, Center for Women and Food Security, Ghana Image Hem Bahadur Moktan Child Development Officer at Nepal GoodWeave Foundation Image Karim Bamba General Director of the National Health Insurance Fund of Côte d’Ivoire; CNAM Image Tara Banjara Child Labour Survivor-Advocate Image Maria Gloria Barreriro Executive Director, Center for Development and Self-management, Peru Image Anne Beathe Tvinnereim Minister of International Development, Norway Image Jeroen Beirnaert Director, Human and Trade Union Rights, ITUC Image Mohammed Belhocine African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Image Keith Bell Minister of Labour and Immigration, the Bahamas- Representative of Governments of the Regional Initiative Image Michael Bergeron Clinical and Scientific Advisor in Sport Sciences and Medicine and Performance Health Image Charlotte Bernhard Senior Policy Advisor Sustainable Production and Trade; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Image Josje Beukema Lobby & Advocacy officer Children's Rights & Business || Climate Crisis · Save the Children Nederland Image Cécile Billaux European Commission Head of Unit for Micro-economic Analysis, Investment Climate, Private Sector, Trade and Employment at the Directorate-General for International Partnerships Image Katie Bird Communications Director - ICI Image Silvana Bitencourt Machado Deputy General Inspector of Labour and Social Security of Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Uruguay) Image Emmanuella Boakye Former child labourer Image Heinrich Böhmke Former trade unionist and researcher Benedikt Büenker Policy Officer, International Affairs, Directorate General Employment, social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Image Tuva Bugge Grimsæth Acting Director of Human Rights Section, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Image Willy Buloso Regional Coordinator for Africa, ECPAT International Image Danny Burns Director of the CLARISSA programme Image Sharan Burrow General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation Image Angel C. Cabrera Minister of Labour – Colombia Image Carla Caballeros Executive Director of Chamber of Agriculture (member of CACIF) - Guatemala Image Maria Fernanda Ferreira Campos General Inspector of the Authority for Working Conditions of Portugal Image Silvana Cappuccio European and International Policies, Italian General Confederation of Labour Image Minata Cessouma Samate African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development Image Saulos Klaus Chilima Vice President of Malawi Image Decius Chipande Coordinator of the African Union Sports Council Image Andrew Clayton Senior Social Development Adviser in the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Max Conteh Image Harry Cook Data Management & Research Specialist (IOM) Image Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment Image Leolina Cunha Director of the Department of Fighting Violations on the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Brazil Image Francesco d'Ovidio Head, Solutions and Innovation Unit, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch, ILO Image Zacarias da Costa Executive Secretary, Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries CPLP Image Josephine Dadzie Verité Opens Office (Ghana) Image Ilboudo Dambina Salamata President, Tiligré Association of Women for Community Development, Burkina Faso Image Paulo David UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Image Benjamin Davis Director Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division at FAO Image Michaëlle De Cock Head of Research and Evaluation Unit, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch, ILO Image Maria Rosa De Paolis Policy Officer at the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission Image Sarah Dekkiche Director of Policy and Partnerships - International Cocoa Initiative Image Paola Del Carmen Egusquiza Granda Secretary of Defense of the Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú, and Workers' Focal Point of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour Image Jean-Marie Delon Sustainability and Government Relations Director, West-Africa Image Pierre-Yves Dermagne Vice Premier-Ministre, Ministre de l’Economie et du Travail, Belgique Image Milan Raj Dharel Dharel, Executive Director, National Child Rights Council, Nepal Image Ali Badara Diallo Head of Technical Services Department, Union Nationale des Sociétés Coopératives de Producteurs de Coton du Burkina Image Thoko Didiza Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development of South Africa Image Plamen Dimitrov President of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Bulgaria Image Jaap Doek Chair of the Child Labour in Sport Steering Committee Image Qu Dongyu Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Image Maria Yvelonia dos Santos Araujo Barbosa National Secretary of Social Assistance, Brazil Image Viviana Doval Coordinator of the Commission for the Eradication of Child Labour at CTA-T, Argentina Image Marco Dubbelt Senior Director, Global March Against Child Labour Image Nomusa Dube-Ncube Honourable Member of the Executive Council for finance of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government, Nomusa Dube-Ncube Image Mari-Lou Dupont Senior Manager, Decent Work and Social Sustainability, UNGC Image Eric Edmonds Professor of Economics Dartmouth College Image Andrés Espejo Consultant, Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)- Expert, MIRTI. Image Marcia Eugenio Director of the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) Image Omar Faruk Osman Journalist and Member of the Executive Committee of the Global Union Federation Image Alberto Fernandez President of Argentina Image Juan Carlos Fernández Image Andrea Florence Acting Director of the Sport and Rights Alliance Image Cecilia Flores President of the Peruvian Institute of Business and Human Rights, representative of the National Confederation of Private Business Institutions, and Employers’ Focal Point of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour Image Anildo Fernando Fortes General Labour Inspector of Cape Verde Image Fernando Elísio Freire Minister of Family, Inclusion and Social Development of Cape Verde Image Laurent Freixe Executive Vice-President & CEO Zone LATAM, Nestlé Image Virginia Gamba Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Image María Jimena García Delgado Director of Innovation and Digital Inclusion of the Ministry of Labour of Argentina Image Leymah Roberta Gbowee Nobel Peace Laureate, President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, Liberia Image Ferdinand Geckeler Group Senior Expert Sustainability Supply Chains BMW Image Eleni Georgiopoulou Corporate Responsibility Manager, Aldi Sud Image Yitna Getachew Head of the Protection Division at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Image Wilm Geurts Director of international affairs of the ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands Image Maninder Gill Global Director Environmental and Social Framework, World Bank Image Callistus Vern Gill President of the Employers' Federation of Saint Lucia, 1st Vice President of the Caribbean Employers' Confederation Image Laura Giménez Image Santiago Girón Image Esther Gomani Deputy Secretary-General for Southern Africa Students Union (SASU) Image Mariana Gonçalves Madeira Minister; Deputy Director and General Coordinator of Planning and Cooperation, Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) Image Kees Gootjes Business & Human Rights Advisor, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Image Bobbi Gray Research Director, Grameen Foundation Image Hidayat Greenfield Regional Secretary, IUF Image Lorenzo Guarcello Project manager and Researcher at International Labor Organization (ILO) Houssein Guedi Labour Mobility and Human Development Advisor, African Union Department for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development Image Bakary Guindo Director of Assistance, Promotion and Partnership of the Chamber of Mines of Mali Image Purva Gupta Human Rights Practioner Image Abebe Haile Gabriel Assistant Director-General, FAO Regional representative for Africa Image Mary Harvey Chief Executive, Centre for Sport and Human Rights Image Breno Hermann Minister-Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Brazil to the United Nations in Geneva Image Antoine Heuty Founder and CEO of Ulula Image Gilbert Houngbo ILO Director-General (Elected) Image Stefan Iszkowski Policy Officer at European Commission Image Yuka Iwatsuki President/Co-founder, ACE (Action against Child Exploitation) Image Stephen Jackson United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya Image Inge Jacobs Senior Manager Human Rights and Income, Mars Image Fernando Jiménez-Ontiveros Director of Multilateral, Horizontal and Financial Cooperation of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation – AECID Image Ines Kaempfer CEO, The Centre for Child Rights and Business Image Daniela Kalikoski Fisheries Scientist, Equitable Livelihoods Team, NFI, FAO Image Pilirani Kamaliza Trade Union’s Programs Coordinator Image Gita Kamath Australian High Commissioner to South Africa Image Vera Kamtukule Minister of Labour, Republic of Malawi; Chair of the SADC Employment and Labour Sector Image Anousheh Karvar Chair of Alliance 8.7 Image Jasminder Kaur Smith-Khaira Project Specialist Child Labour, UNICEF Image Jamie Kennedy Policy Officer, International Affairs, Directorate General Employment, social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Image Nabin Keot Vice President of Central Committee Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) India Image Happy Khambule Official party delegate to the UNFCCC Image Simon Kiprono Chelugui Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of Labour - Republic of Kenya Image Nourgo Koné Senior Education Specialist at Save the Children Image Ivan Krastev Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria Thobile Lamati General of Employment and Labour of South Africa, Chair of the Drafting Committee of the Durban Call to Action Image Ami Larsson Jain Deputy Head of Mission at Embassy of Sweden in South Africa Image Thea Lee Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, USDOL Image Stefan Löfven Former Prime Minister of Sweden Image Zingiswa Losi President, Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC) Image Seme Ludanga Faustino Founder of Truth Works International Image Angelina Lunga Child Labour Coordinator for the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association Image Najat Maalla M’jid UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children Image Virginie Mahin Global Head of Social Sustainability & Stakeholder Engagement, Mondelēz International Image Fatoumata Maiga 10-year-old girl, Côte d`Ivoire Tsepiso Makwetla Broadcaster and journalist from South Africa Image Mohamed Moustapha Malick Fall UNICEF - Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Image Hernan Manson Head Inclusive Agribusiness Systems at the International Trade Centre (ITC) Image Hani Mansourian Co-Coordinator, Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and Senior Coordinator, UNICEF Image Dominique Marlet Human and Trade Union Rights Senior Coordinator at Education International Image Tshilidzi Marwala Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg Image Gali Massa Harou Acting Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Image Karla Matamoros Rodriguez Legal advisor – COHEP Honduras, Employer representative Image Sebastian Mathew Executive director, ICSF Image Paul Mavima Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Zimbabwe Image Lilian Mayna Fairtrade Kenya Image Marlene Mazariegos Image Fiachra McAsey UNICEF Deputy Representative, Ghana Image Julie McBride Child Rights & Community Development Specialist Image Rohil Mehrotra Director at Champo Carpets Image Arezki Mezhoud Secretary General of the African Trade Union Unity Image Thato Mhlungu Save The Children Activist Image Steve Miller Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Image Henriette Tshimuanga Minchiabo Mutombo Director and President of the National Committee for the Fight against the Worst Forms of Child Labour, Ministry of Labour, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Image Isa Miralles Living wage and income lead, Fairfood Image Deepika Mittal Director, Global March Against Child Labour Image Thobekile Mkhwanazi South African actress and voice artist Image Dawit David Moges Alemu Ethiopian Federation of Employers Image Amina J. Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) Image María Silvia Pineda Molina Image Boitumelo Pinky Moloi Deputy Minister Department of Employment and Labour - Republic of South Africa Image Kunera Moore Director of Themes, Rainforest Alliance Heading up Rainforest Alliance’s Team of strategic advisors on Biodiversity, Climate, Human Rights & Livelihoods Image Jeff Morgan Senior Advisor for Cocoa Sustainability for Sucden Cocoa Image Gilberto Mori Carbonel National Coordinator and Supervisor Inspector of SUNAFIL Image Mopholosi Morokong Regional Occupational Health and Safety Officer, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations, South Africa Image Claudio Omar Moroni Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina Image Michelle Mouanga Minister in charge of Labour, Employment, Social Protection and Vocational Training in the Central African Republic Image Sidikou Moussa National Coordinator Ecole, parrainage & actions de développement (EPAD), Niger Image Annette Mpundu Chipeleme Director Organization & Trade Union Development, Zambia Congress of Trade Unions Image Kwazi Mshengu MEC Education, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Image Albert Mudenda Muchanga African Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining Image Jacqueline Mugo Executive Director & CEO, Federation of Kenya Employers, Secretary General BUSINESS Africa Employers Confederation and IOE Vice President for Africa Image Joni Musabayana Director, ILO Decent Work Team for Eastern and Southern Africa, Country Office for Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa (ILO) Image Tanzila Narbayeva Chairperson of the Senate, Chairperson of the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Combating Trafficking and Forced Labor Lindokuhle Ndlovu Image Claudine Ndusi M'Kembe Ministry of Labour, Democratic Republic of Congo Image Berhanu Nega Minister of Education of Ethiopia Image Martha Newton ILO's Deputy Director-General for Policy Image Herve Ngoran Directeur de la coopérative Nouvelle Entreprise Coopérative Agricole de Bagoliéoua – NECAB ; NECAB ; adgnecab@gmail.com Christian Kalonda Ngoyi Legal Director of Congo Professional Organization of Employers (FEC) Image Martin Nguettia Director of the « Direction de la Lutte Contre le Travail des Enfants », Ministry of Employment, Government of Côte d’Ivoire Image Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, South Africa Image Yoshie Noguchi Retired Lawyer, Child Labour Expert Image Stian Nordengen Christensen Minister Counsellor at Norway's embassy in South Africa Image Bheki Ntshalintshali General Secretary of COSATU Image His Excellency, Senator (Dr.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige Minister of Labour and Employment of Nigeria Image Thulas Nxesi Minister of Employment and Labour of South Africa Image Agnes NyaLonje Minister of Education at Republic of Malawi Image Winnie Nyandiga Africa Regional Organiser, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US Image Kouakou Kra Martin N’GUETTIA Director of the Fight against Child Labor within the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in Cote d’Ivoire Image Seamus O'Regan Minister of Labour - Canada Image Sandra Ojiamblo Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Global Compact Image Michael Okoroafor Chief Sustainability Officer, McCormick & Company Image Amongi Betty Ongom Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development of Uganda Image Douglas Opio Executive Director, Federation of Uganda Employers Image María Luz Ortega Director of the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development - AACID Image Mohamed Ould Abdallahi Ould Ethmane Minister of Public Service and Labor of Mauritania Image Daniel Owen Lead Social Development Specialist in the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank Image Roberto Padilha Guimaraes National Coordinator of Labour Inspection for the eradication of child labour, Brazil Image Vera Paquete-Perdigão Director of the Governance and Tripartism Department at the ILO Image Andrew Patrick UK Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy Image Rakesh Patry Director-General of International and Intergovernmental Labour Affairs for Canada's Government Image Augustina Perez Child Rights Senior Associate, Bank Information Centre Image Georgia Potton Head of Activism 100 Million, UK Image Lluís Prats Head of Unit, International Affairs, Directorate General Employment, social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission PRATS Lluis (EMPL) Image James Quincey Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola company Image Nzinga Qunta Business news anchor SABC 3 Image Kalpana Rajsinghot Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, India Image Cyril M. Ramaphosa President of the Republic of South Africa Image Marlene Ramírez Executive Director, AsiaDHRRA Image Natalie Rast Head of the International Labour Affairs division at the Labour Directorate of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Image Shahra Razavi Director of the Social Protection Department at ILO Image Anne Reiner Senior Manager Sustainable Supply Chains, Save the Children Deutschland e.V. Image Mark Robertson Senior Vice President of The Centre for Child Rights and Business Image Pilar Rodríguez Chief Technical Adviser, Technical Secretariat, Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (RILAC) Image Andrea Rother Health Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, at the University of Cape Town Image Marie-Cécile Rouillon Rights of the Child Co-ordinator, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission. ROUILLON Marie-Cecile (JUST) Image Catherine Russell Executive Director, UNICEF Image Eshani Ruwanpura Child Protection Specialist at the UNICEF Regional Office in South Asia Image Guy Ryder ILO Director General Image María Isabel Salazar Vice Minister of Labor Administration, Guatemala Image Monica Salmito Noleto Triangular South-South Cooperation Analyst Image Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Image Roberto Suárez Santos Secretary-General of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Image Alhousséyni Sarro Directeur National Adjoint de la Pêche, Ministry of Fisheries, Mali Image Mr. Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Peace Laureate Image Julie Schindall Senior Manager for Responsible Sourcing at Levin Sources Image Liesje Schreinemacher Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands Image Bernd Seiffert Focal Point for Child Labour in Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Image Amna Shabbir Deputy Secretary, Federal Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Pakistan Image Tomoko Shiroki Executive Vice President / Co-founder Action against Child Exploitation (ACE) Image Guilherme Shuck Candemil Deputy undersecretary of Labour Inspection from Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Brazil Image Elly Rosita Silaban President of Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KSBSI) Image Dennis Sinyolo Director of Education International's African Regional Office in Accra, Ghana Image Benjamin Smith Sr. Officer on Child Labour, International Labour Organisation Image Jeni Sorensen Director, Human Trafficking Research Initiative at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Image David Sturmes Director for Programme and Business Development at The Impact Facility Image Gurudatta Subedi Under Secretary, Ministry of labor, employment and social security (MoLESS), Nepal Image Ramya Subrahmanian Chief of Child Rights and Protection at UNICEF-Innocenti Image Julie Sutton Senior Director of Government Affairs and Global Impact at VF Corporation Image Alicia Tauro Project Lead, YUVA & Campaign convener, Campaign against Child Labour, India Image Colleen Theron Director Ardea International Image Nguyen Thi Ha Vice Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam Image Matthias Thorns Deputy Secretary-General at International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Image Billie Elmqvist Thurén Global Child Labour Analyst at Olam Image Hildegunn Tobiassen Head of Development Cooperation at the Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria Image Katherine Torres Senior Programme Officer Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Supply Chains – ILO CLP Image Tomás Jaramillo Torres Image Lilian Tschan State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour, Germany Image Shimelis Tsegaye Tesemma Director of Programmes, ACPF Image Nozipho Tshabalala CEO | The Conversation Strategists Image Sophie Tüllmann Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Platform of Sustainable Cocoa Image Emmerance Tuyishime Acting CEO, Pan Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO) Image Jutta Urpilainen European Commissioner for International Partnerships Image Julie Vallat VP Human Rights, L’Oréal Image Karien van Gennip Minister of Social Affairs and Employment - Netherlands Image Philippe Vanhuynegem Chief of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FUNDAMENTALS) Branch Image Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard Director, Partnerships and Field Support Department of the ILO Image Fabio Veras Soares Researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research Image Ana Maria Villa Real Ferreira Ramos Labour Prosecutor of Labour Prosecution Service in Brazil Image Juliet Wajega Programme Manager Work: No Child's Business/Hivos Image Martin J. Walsh United States Secretary of Labor Image Charlie Watson Responsible Business Advocate Image Peter Bryan Wells Archbishop, The Holy See Image Kevin Willcutts Deputy Director for the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, US Department of Labor (USDOL) Image Cornelius Williams Director, Child Protection, Programme Group, UNICEF Image Florence Willie Executive Director, Employers’ Federation Papua New Guinea Image Bright Wireko-Brobby Deputy Minister Of Employment And Labour Relations at Government of Ghana Image Chigiru Yamashita Senior Deputy Director Law and Justice Team, Governance Group Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Image Rosalind Yarde Chief, News and Media at International Labour Organization Image David Zamora Secretary of Municipal Economy of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Image Sihle Zikalala Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
