Paule France Ndessomin

Regional Secretary - Sub-Sahara Africa IndustriALL

Ms. Paule France Ndessomin, feminist and a gender advocate, she is passionate above all about women’s rights within the labour movement and more generally in Sub-Sahara Africa social and political landscapes. She has worked for the labor movement in various capacities managing projects and programs at national, regional, and global levels for over two decades. Ms. Ndessomin has noteworthy experience in building, developing and strengthening labour institutions, protecting labour rights, initiating, and driving organizational development programs. She has experience in social dialogue, engagement, lobbying, advocacy, campaigning and developing solidarity networks, particularly on global labour relations with transnational corporations. Her work with the IndustriALL Global Union affiliates also incorporates developing skills for organizing -in an intricate and a volatile operating environment-, strengthening collective bargaining skills and structures and responding to emerging labour union needs to address their daily challenges. Through her regional advocacy work, she has ensured the mainstreaming of gender work into the core business of trade unions in Sub- Sahara Africa region, thereby ensuring that unions give a voice to women and youth in their decision-making structures. She is currently the regional Secretary of IndustriAll Global Union in charge of Sub-Sahara Africa based in Johannesburg, South African. IndustriAll Global Union is a Global workers Federation representing more than 50 million workers across 150 countries globally, based in Geneva Switzerland.