Bio

Farzana Nawaz is an independent consultant and international development expert with over 15 years of experience across a range of areas, including labor rights in supply chains, gender equity, the future of work, and governance. Farzana has extensive on-the-ground work experience in South and South-East Asia, where she has worked closely with grassroots labor rights organizations aiming to strengthen workers’ voices and working conditions in the apparel supply chain. Since 2019, she has been leading a multi-country learning initiative in Asia looking at how publicly available data is being used by trade unions to strengthen negotiations and advocacy.