Professor Michelle Ford is Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney, where she researches labour activism in Southeast Asia. She has led major research projects on labour and politics in Indonesia, labour relations in Myanmar\u2019s garment industry, trade union aid in Southeast Asia and unions\u2019 responses to gender-based violence in Cambodia\u2019s construction industry. She has also engaged in extensive consultancy work for the ILO, the international labour movement and the Australian government.<\/p>\n