Finance for Human Rights
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Ms. Githa Roelans
Head, Multinational Enterprises Unit, International Labour Organizaion (ILO) · International Organizations and Civil Society
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Strategic Minerals for Decarbonisation
Biography
Githa Roelans is the Head of the Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit since 2013. The unit provides policy advice and technical assistance to governments, employers and workers in ILO member States on the application of the ILO Tripartite Declaration concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy. Githa Roelans joined the ILO in 2007 where she held positions in the Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour and the Bureau for Gender Equality before taking up her current post in the ILO Enterprises department. Previously she worked in the UNIDO Beijing Office. She graduated from the University of Leuven.
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