The International Women’s Day is the day we pay homage to the tremendous contributions that women workers have made in the struggle for a just society. Next year marks 100 years of International Women’s Day. March 8, International Women’s Day or International Working Women’s Day is an important date for working women worldwide. In 1911, [...]

MEDIA RELEASE: 24 February 2010, New Delhi To celebrate the centenary year of the International Women’s Day, at 11 a.m. today thousands of women workers from across India who are members of trade unions affiliated to the New Trade Union Initiative marched to Parliament chanting: We’ve marched a hundred years, We’ll fight another hundred years, To win equality! Asha workers, [...]

GEFONT has launched 1- Day nationwide mobilization to create heavy pressure on government and build public opinion for the ratification of ILO Convention No.87 and establish Social Security Fund. In this campaign,GEFONT has mobilized thousands of workers, its affiliates Unions, GEFONT Zonalcommittees, GEFONT Youth committees, GEFONT women committees, and GEFONT community clubs in 56 districts [...]

20-22 February 2009 CAW jointly organised two workshops in the APF to raise women workers’ voice in the social movement. Workshop I: Critical Views on the ASEAN-EU FTA: Main Areas of Concern and Campaigning Opportunities (co-organised with FTA Watch Thailand, EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network, and Service Centre for Development Cooperation)  Click here to download workshop I [...]