Full Name
Chidi King
Job Title
Chief of the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Branch
Company
ILO
Speaker Bio
Chidi King is Chief of the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Branch, part of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department of the International Labour Organization. The Branch strives for the elimination of discrimination, including based on gender, race, ethnicity, indigenous status, disability and HIV status, utilizing an integrated and intersectional approach. Before joining the ILO, Ms. King was Director of the Equality Department at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), where she led work with trade unions on pay equity, the care economy, gender-based violence and harassment at work, women’s leadership, young workers, and rights of migrant workers. Ms. King has also worked as Equality and Rights Officer for the Public Services International, a Global Union Federation, and as Employment Rights Officer for the Trade Union Congress of the UK. A lawyer by background, Ms. King was the senior lawyer of the charity Public Concern at Work (PCaW), where she contributed to the drafting of the UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. She has also served on the Board of PCaW, now known as “Protect”. Ms. King has spent over 20 years providing legal and policy advice on issues of equality and non-discrimination with various private, public and not-for-profit sector organizations.
Chidi King