JODELEN MITRA CONSULTING SERVICES

Labour, Human Rights and Responsible Business

I have led and supported programmes on forced labour, child labour and other labour exploitation, working with governments, employers, workers’ organizations and civil society on policy, prevention, enforcement and worker protection.

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Examples include:​

• Technical work on forced labour and child labour in sectors including plantations, fisheries, mining and domestic work.

• Technical contribution to past national action plan development in the Philippines (child labour), Malaysia (forced labour and trafficking in persons) and Myanmar (child labour).

• Contribution to the Malaysian Employers Federation –International Labour Organization (ILO) guidebook on employers’ responsibility for addressing and preventing forced labour.

• Development or technical contribution to training resources for labour inspectors, law enforcement agencies, judges, prosecutors and legal aid practitioners on forced labour, child labour and human trafficking.

• Technical contribution to regional and sector-specific frameworks addressing labour standards and forced labour in the fishing sector.

 

Labour Migration and Migrant Worker Protection

My work has covered recruitment practices, migration costs, migrant worker vulnerability, labour exploitation, access to remedies and institutional responsibilities.

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Examples include:

• Lead Consultant for the ILO study on Access to Legal Remedies for Migrant Workers in Irregular Situations in Malaysia, covering legal and policy analysis, stakeholder consultations and practical recommendations.

• Technical work supporting ASEAN Member States on preventing labour exploitation and violence against migrant women under the Safe and Fair Programme.

• Contribution to ILO migration cost surveys involving Indonesian plantation workers and Indonesian and Filipina domestic workers in Malaysia.

• Policy and institutional analysis on labour migration, forced labour and related legal frameworks in Malaysia.

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Research, Policy and Institutional Analysis

I have undertaken legal, policy and institutional reviews on international labour standards, forced labour, labour migration, child labour, access to justice and decent work.

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Recent examples include:

• Lead Consultant for the Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme 2026–2030, including research, stakeholder consultations, institutional review and development of the programme framework.

• Author of the Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme 2019–2025 Review and Malaysia Decent Work Diagnostic 2025.

• Technical contribution to analyses of the alignment of Malaysian and Indonesian laws, policies and enforcement systems with ILO forced labour standards.

• Preparation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Technical Brief on Child Labour based on regional consultations and policy review.

 

Programme/Project Design, Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

I have designed, managed and evaluated national, regional and global programmes on child labour, forced labour, labour migration and worker protection.

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Examples include:

• Global Project Manager of the 8.7 Accelerator Lab Multi-Partner Fund, directing programmes on child and forced labour across Asia and Africa, including work in mining and fishing sectors.

• Project implementer of ILO forced labour and child labour programme in Malaysia.

• Project Manager of the Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, including strategic design and implementation in vulnerable and conflict-affected communities.

• Independent Evaluator of the Advancing Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Malaysia project.

• Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the ILO child labour programme in Myanmar, where I designed monitoring systems and strengthened M&E capacities of implementing partners.

• Development and implementation of M&E systems and beneficiary monitoring arrangements for child labour programmes in the Philippines.

 

Capacity Building and Stakeholder Engagement

I have designed and delivered training and facilitated consultations involving government officials, employers, labour inspectors, enforcement agencies, workers’ organizations, civil society, development partners and programme implementers.

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Examples include:

• Support to the development and delivery of training materials on forced labour, child labour and gender-based violence and harassment for Malaysian labour inspectors.

• Technical contribution to training resources on forced labour and trafficking for law enforcement agencies, judges, prosecutors and legal aid practitioners.

• Facilitation of consultations and validation processes for the Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme 2026–2030.

• Regional co-facilitation for the  launch of the ASEAN Roadmap on the Prevention of Child Labour, Including the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2035.

• Coordination and facilitation of the Asia-Pacific consultation for the 6th Global Conference on Child Labour, including synthesis of regional priorities.

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