Working group on World of Work

Benjamin Velasco is Assistant Professor at the School of Labour and Industrial Relations at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He is also a doctoral candidate in social development at the same university. His research focuses on the efforts of predominantly women workers in the export garment sector to improve their working and living conditions. Before entering the academe, he was engaged in the labour movement as an educator, writer and researcher.

Coeli Barry is an Associate Professor at Mahidol University in Thailand, specializing in human rights, development, and Southeast Asian culture and politics. With over 25 years of experience, she has authored works such as Rights to Culture and The Many Ways of Being Muslim. Her recent research includes a study on gender justice in Thailand and covers areas like cultural policy, child labor, and conflict resolution.

Dao Mai Linh is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Vietnam Women’s Academy and a collaborator for the Vietnam News Agency. Her research interests include gender justice and labour policies, anti-trafficking laws, gender stereotypes in sports news and online newspapers, labour law, private international law, and comparative law.

Pabitra Raut is a practicing lawyer with 15 years of experience and holds an LL.M in Constitutional Law and International Law. Since 2018, she has worked part-time as a gender co-coordinator at FES Nepal. She was also a part-time faculty member at Nepal Law Campus from 2011 to 2018 and taught Gender and the Legal System in the MA Gender Studies program at Tribhuvan University from 2019 to 2021. Prior to her legal career, she spent 10 years working as a journalist in various media, including FM radio, television, and newspapers.

Ploypailin Tinkan is the Program Manager at FES Thailand, focusing on issues related to good work and fair economy, gender, energy and climate justice. Her previous roles include policy analyst at Thailand’s National Economic and Social Development Council, researcher at the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia.

Sidra Saeed is an M.Phil graduate from Quaid-i-Azam University. Since 2011, she has been working as Programme Advisor at FES Pakistan, focusing on youth, gender and democratic inclusion. She has been involved in various projects aimed at strengthening democracy through media reforms, empowering local governance system, promoting peace and tolerance among youth, civic education and engagement, and supremacy of the constitution of Pakistan. She is also the gender coordinator for the Pakistan office and oversees internships at the office.

Suchita Krishnaprasad, retired Head of Economics at Elphinstone College, is a life member of the Indian Society of Labour Economics. She has presented and published research on globalization, industrial relations, and gender. She has contributed to ILO projects and FES India’s community health service project. Dr. Krishnaprasad also teaches at CBS, University of Mumbai, and IMPRI New Delhi.