The Committee for Asian Women held a conference on “Decent Work Decent Wage: Working Ourselves out of Poverty” on 28th April, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.  About forty participants from the workers unions including Try Arm factory workers; CAW member groups in Thailand – Thai labour Solidarity Committee, Thai Labour Campaign, Friends of Women, Homenet, Metropolitan [...]

Media Release ASEAN’s Response to Global Crises Must Prioritise Women The Committee for Asian Women (CAW) is calling ASEAN governments to recognise the labour market disadvantage facing women and to consider DECENT WORK targets for women. The governments should include migrant and informal workers in the labour protection system, as well as invest in social [...]

The main agenda of the conference was to bring the voices of working women and men to public fora and initiate a dialogue with government, labour friendly organizations and labour activists on the pressures generated by the financial crisis on the manufacturing and production sector and its consequences. The conference provided a shared platform for [...]

29 April 2009 CAW and Thai Labour Solidarity Committee jointly organised a conference on Wage Security and Workers’ Rights in Rattanakossin-Royal Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on the 29th of April 2009.  The conference raised discussion on wage security in the time of financial crisis, country wage profile and wage demands of labour groups in Thailand, India and Indonesia, and [...]

Regional Conference Exacerbating Vulnerabilities: Understanding the Impact of Trade Agreements on Women Workers Date: October 15-16, 2008 Location: New Delhi, India Organised by: Committee for Asian Women (CAW) and Centre for Education and Communication (CEC) Downloads: Press Statement Declaration Media report of the conference Picture Gallery