We are hugely grateful to all the people who participated in interviews for the book. They reflect a cross section of leaders, activists and allies who were involved in the campaign and negotiations for C190 and R206. Interviews were carried out between September 2020 and March 2021.

ILO

Maria Helena André, director, ILO ACTRAV

Jane Hodges, former director, ILO Bureau for Gender Equality

Shauna Olney, former director, ILO GED/ILOAIDS

Catelene Passchier, chair, Workers’ Group; vice-chair, ILO Governing Body; special advisor, FNV, Netherlands

Manuela Tomei, director, WORKQUALITY, ILO

ITUC and GUFs

Sharan Burrow, general secretary, ITUC

Julie Duchatel, equality officer, IUF

Jodi Evans, women transport workers’ and gender equality officer, ITF

Veronica Fernández-Méndez, head of equal opportunities, UNI

Madeleine Kennedy-Macfoy, coordinator for gender equality, EI

Marieke Koning, ITUC Equality Department

Verόnica Montúfar, gender equality officer, PSI

Adriana Paz, regional coordinator for Latin America, IDWF

Armelle Seby, equality officer, IndustriALL

Ruwan Subasinghe, legal officer, ITF

Maria Tsirantonaki, ITUC Equality Department National trade unions

Calixte Adiyeton, COSI– Benin and CNV Internationaal programme coordinator, Benin

Noël Chadaré, secretary general, COSI– Benin

Joanna Bearnice Coronación, deputy general secretary, SENTRO, Philippines

Mariama Diallo, general secretary, Democratic Union of Workers of Senegal (UDTS)

Moussa Diop, UDTS and CNV Internationaal programme coordinator, Senegal

Eulogia Familia, vice-president and head of gender equality, CNUS, Dominican Republic

Cathy Feingold, International Department director, AFL-CIO, United States

Liz Helgesen, international secretary, Unio, Norway

David Joyce, equality officer, ITUC, Ireland

Martlé Keyter, MISA; vice-president, FEDUSA, South Africa

Ema Liliefna, Equality Commission chairperson, KSBSI, Indonesia

Esther Lynch, deputy general secretary, ETUC

Rachel Mackintosh, E tū, New Zealand

Fiona Gandiwa Magaya, head of education and gender, ZCTU, Zimbabwe

Sheela Naikwade, vice-president, MSTKS, India

Rose Omamo, general secretary, AUKMW, Kenya

Neha Prakash, ITF, India

Cinzia Sechi, former gender advisor, ETUC

Vicky Smallman, director of women's and human rights, CLC, Canada

Marie Clarke Walker, secretary-treasurer, CLC, Canada

Annika Wunsche, deputy executive director, DGB, Germany

Ekaterina Yordanova, president, FTTUB, Bulgaria NGOs, MSIs and trade union development and solidarity partners

Alice Allen, challenge director, Business Fights Poverty

Shawna Bader-Blau, executive director, Solidarity Center

Krishanti Dharmaraj, executive director, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University

Hester Le Roux, senior economic advisor, CARE International

Nicole Mathot, gender and Africa coordinator, CNV Internationaal

Karin Pape, deputy director, WIEGO

Andriana Paz Ramirez, Latin America regional coordinator, IDWF