She is on faculty at the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before coming to Stanford, Miriam Abu Sharkh was employed at the United Nation’s specialized agency for work, the International Labour Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland. She also worked on the Report on the World Social Situation for the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York. She has written on the spread and effect of human rights related labour standards as well as on welfare regimes, gender discrimination, child labour, social movements and work satisfaction.More Information: http://fsi.stanford.edu/people/miriamabu+sharkh