Event ends: September 3, 2010 – 1:30 pm
Please save the date for a lunch discussion with Shareen Hertel about her new article, “The Paradox of Partnership: Assessing New Forms of NGO Advocacy on Labor Rights” sponsored by the International Labor Rights Forum. The article (published in Ethics & International Affairs 24, 2 – Summer 2010) and discussion will explore the ways in which civil society groups around the world seek to influence, change or engage multinational corporations to end labor rights violations.
Shareen Hertel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, jointly appointed with the Human Rights Institute at UConn. Her research focuses on changes in transnational human rights advocacy, with a focus on labor and economic rights issues. She has conducted fieldwork in factory zones along the US-Mexico border, in Bangladesh's garment manufacturing export sector, and in the multilateral trade arena.
For more information or questions, please contact Jessica Jones at Jessica@ilrf.org [1] or 202-347-4100 ext. 105.