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Deep Dive
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ORGANIZED BY
Open Supply Hub, H&M, Dabindu Collective
15-Sep
17:00-17:45
Conference Room 4
Despite the growing volume of labour data, it remains scattered across disconnected actors and systems, rarely providing a complete picture. Bringing together trade union, company and open-data platform perspectives, this session explores what must change for labour data to be less fragmented and improve outcomes for workers.
Anastacia Sarina Howe
Labour Rights Area Lead for Production and Value Chain, H&M
Anastacia leads H&M's labour rights strategy across production and the value chain. With more than 20 year's experience working across Southeast Asia, Anastacia has partnered with businesses, governments, trade unions and civil society to address complex challenges within global supply chains. Her experience spans strategy development, governance, stakeholder engagement, and the design and implementation of practical solutions that strengthen worker voice, improve working conditions, and enhance access to remedy. Anastacia also serves as an elected brand representative on the International Accord Steering Committee, contributing to collaborative efforts that strengthen workplace safety governance and responsible business practices within global garment supply chains.
Hannah Lennett
Senior Director of Programs, Open Supply Hub
Hannah Lennett is the Senior Director of Programs at Open Supply Hub, where she leads global strategies and partnerships that use open data to make supply chains safer and more sustainable. Previously, she was a senior leader in IDEO's open innovation portfolio, designing programs that brought companies, funders, and communities together to address social and environmental challenges worldwide. She is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and a BA from Brown University.
Nandita Shivakumar
Account Manager - Trade Unions/ CSOs, Open Supply Hub
Nandita Shivakumar is the Accounts Manager for Trade Unions and Civil Society Organisations at Open Supply Hub. Over the past decade, she has worked extensively with trade unions in the textile sector, developing long-term programmes that bring workers, unions, suppliers and global brands together to address labour rights challenges in supply chains.
At Open Supply Hub, her work focuses on making labour data more accessible and useful, while ensuring it is shared and used safely and responsibly.
Yasara Weerathunga
Manager – Programmes at Dabindu Collective and President of the Dabindu Collective Union
Yasara Weerathunga is Manager – Programmes at Dabindu Collective and President of the Dabindu Collective Union, a women-led trade union in Sri Lanka. Her work focuses on human rights, labour rights, gender justice, freedom of association, and strengthening worker voice and participation. She works closely with women workers in Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zones and manufacturing areas with a particular focus on gender-based violence, decent work, living wages, occupational health and safety, sexual and reproductive health rights and collective bargaining. Yasara holds a B.A. (Hons) in Peace & Conflict Resolution from the University of Kelaniya and a Master’s in Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Colombo. She is engaged in advocacy,research, capacity building and policy dialogue to advance workers’ rights and promote responsible business practices.
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