Sharan Burrow

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Sharan Burrow

General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation

Sharan Burrow was elected General Secretary of the ITUC at its Second World Congress in Vancouver, June 2010. Prior to this, she held the position of ITUC President since its Founding Congress in Vienna (November 2006) and the position of ICFTU President since its 18th World Congress in Miyazaki (November 2004). She is the first woman to have held any of these positions. Sharan was born in 1954 in Warren, a small town in western NSW, into a family with a long history of involvement in unions and the struggle to improve the lives of working people. Sharan studied teaching at the University of NSW in 1976 and began her teaching career in high schools around country NSW.

Sessions by Sharan Burrow
Group Meeting Plenary Session Side Events Thematic Panel
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Monday, 16 May

14:30 16:00
Main stage
Plenary session

The panel focuses on the strategies and actions that need to be taken to eliminate child labour and accelerate progress towards achieving SDG Target 8.7.