Biography
Kim Rogovin is a labor rights specialist with over a decade of experience advancing protections for migrant workers in global seafood supply chains. She currently serves as Program Manager for Labor Rights & Fisheries at Conservation International, where she leads projects focused on electronic monitoring and Wi-Fi access aboard distant water fishing vessels. Previously, Kim was the Senior Seafood Campaign Coordinator at Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF), where she coordinated the Seafood Working Group and led advocacy and coalition-building efforts at the intersection of forced labor and IUU fishing in Asia and the Pacific. During her tenure, she launched the Wi-Fi for Fishers’ Rights Campaign and an initiative against prison labor in Thailand, amplifying worker voices and driving systemic reform. Kim also worked with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Myanmar, where she worked on anti-trafficking efforts and led a nationwide study on internal labor migration. She authored Time for a Sea Change, a widely cited report advocating for union rights as a strategy to prevent forced labor in Thailand’s seafood sector. She has contributed to global standards, including the ILO Guidelines on Measuring Forced Labour, published extensively on forced labor, labor rights, and migration for the ILO and academic journals, and advised on integrating robust labor rights protections into sustainability initiatives.
