Committee for Asian Women organised a three day training of trainers on Occupational Health and Safety for women workers in the manufacturing sector in Ayutthaya, Thailand on 12th -14th February 2010 in collaboration with the Council of Work and Environment related Patient’s network (WEPT). The training was attended by 40 participants from Thailand and Cambodia [...]
Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand (Released: 14 January 2010) We, the undersigned, condemn the actions in the last days of 2009 of some Asian governments in requesting, encouraging and performing the forcible deportation (refoulement) of refugees and [...]
12 January 2010 by Andy Hall, Director, the Human Rights and Development Foundation’s (HRDF) Migrant Justice Programme (MJP) On 20th January (or in just 8 working days) the end of the “permission to stay and work in Thailand for one year, pending deportation” for 61, 543 Burmese, Cambodian and Laotian migrants who “illegally” entered the [...]
This wonderful book is an encyclopedic guide to 350 labor films from around the world, ranging from those you’ve heard of — Salt of the Earth, The Grapes of Wrath, Roger & Me — to those you’ve never heard of but will fall in love with once you see them. Zaniello describes all the films [...]
On Dec. 9 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an influential Washington, DC-based think tank, released “Rethinking Trade Policy for Development: Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA,” a study on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and related neoliberal economic policies on Mexico’s economy. The study found that in the period since the [...]
Radio Australia | December 15, 2009 Taiwan fears China trade deal could cost jobs Unions in Taiwan say they fear there could be huge job losses if a proposed free trade agreement is signed with mainland China. Talks on the deal are scheduled for next week between senior officials from Beijing and Taipei. The last [...]
Colombian trade unionists on Wednesday asked the EU not to sign an FTA with Colombia due to the human rights violations they believe to have been committed by the Uribe government. Trade unionists and politicians denounced before the European Parliament supposed human rights abuses committed by the government of President Alvaro Uribe, and requested the [...]
He looked across his dimly lit room, past the bars that separated him from the rest of the world. He tries to feel hopeful – after two years, he may be able to spend New Year with his family. He wonders though, how he can raise the amount for his bail. Sixty thousand pesos for [...]
Around 450 migrant workers mostly from Indonesia and the Philippines celebrated the International Migrants Day celebration in Macau through cultural presentations and speeches on Dec. 20 at the Three Lamps Park. The activity was organized by the Macau Migrants Rights Network (MMRN) and was also utilized to air out concerns against the new Migrants Law [...]
Tear-stricken faces of helpless women and children trapped on the roofs of their houses, massive destruction of properties, deaths—these grim images during the onslaught of storms Ondoy and Pepeng still remain fresh in the minds of Filipino women. As the fight for justice for the victims of calamities continue, women under GABRIELA stormed the United [...]
