Manuela Tomei - Better Work

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Present in 13 countries across three continents, Better Work brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, global brands, factory owners and workers to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive.
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Better Work engages with the garment industry at the factory, national and international levels. We engage with factories through assessment, advisory and training visits, and we use our data and evidence to inform national and international policy discussions.
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WHERE WE WORK
Better Work began in Cambodia over 20 years ago. Since then, we have expanded to 13 country programmes, with opportunities for further expansion - to new countries and new industries - on the horizon.
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OUR EVIDENCE
Better Work collects data from factory assessment and advisory visits, and we work with reputable, independent academic researchers who report findings on the efficacy of our work and trends in the broader industry.
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Manuela Tomei

Assistant Director-General for Governance, Rights and Dialogue

ILO

Manuela Tomei is the Assistant Director-General for Governance, Rights and Dialogue in the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Ms Tomei has had an extensive career in the ILO. Joining in 1988 as an Associate Expert, she went on to serve as a Technical Specialist in the Employment Department before joining the InFocus Programme on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work as a Senior Specialist. She was appointed Chief of the Conditions of Work and Employment Branch in 2007 and from 2011, served as Director of the Labour Protection Department. In 2013, she was then appointed Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department. The focus of her work has been on labour protection and conditions of work, emerging work arrangements, including platform work, and gender equality and non-discrimination in employment.

Ms Tomei led the work that culminated with the adoption of the last two ILO Conventions, namely the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and accompanying recommendations (Nos. 201 and 206, respectively). She was the main architect of the multi-stakeholder Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC), linked to target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ms Tomei is a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. She speaks English, French and Spanish, besides Italian, her mother tongue.