We, the women and women workers representing five countries from Asia – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia- gathered to analyse and confront the main impacts of growing conflict and political suppression in Asia within the context of fundamentalism and its intersection with globalization and militarization. We, the participants of the workshop on “Globalization and [...]

Committee for Asian Women is organising a three day forum on “Globalisation and rise in Fundamentalism- implications for women and women Workers” on 22-24 August, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The forum is jointly organised by CAW and its member group Karmojibii Nari, Bangladesh to map the issues, trends and interconnections of forms of fundamentalism and [...]

23 – 31 July, 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia Committee for Asian Women is organising one week Training of Trainers on “Production Mapping” for women garment workers from 23-31 July, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The purpose of the training is to build the knowledge of the workers about their company, working place and the production system and to motivate workers [...]

Tuesday, 22 June, 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Committee for Asian Women is organising a one-day expert roundtable meeting on “Trade policy and gender”. The objectives of the expert meeting are:  To discuss impact on women’s livelihood and security To come up with alternative approaches and actions in relation to Free Trade agreements and policies. [...]

Asian Women Workers demand for Decent Wage and Decent Work May Day, referred also as International Workers’ Day or Labour Day commemorates the fight for an eight-hour work day initiated by workers in 1886 in what was called the Haymarket affair-a rally supporting striking workers in Chicago USA was violently dispersed resulting in many deaths, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“I have been in many training programmes and usually we as participants are like students, sitting there and listen. But this is definitely a different one! It is very participatory and inspiring. I have learned a lot while not being bored at all…” said one participants of the Women Workers Leadership Training Programme held in [...]