This year, in the run up to International Women's Day, on March 8, 2016, AMRC is publishing a series of stories to highlight the struggles and voices of women workers from across Asia.
This education module on capital mobility explains the capitalist crisis, and assesses the impact of capital mobility on workers and trade unions. The module also provides stories of workers in the global supply chains and their struggles.
On Dec 21st, 2015, Hong Kong labour groups held a protest in front of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Hong Kong SAR, in support the detained Chinese labour activists.
The AMRC Social Protection Newsletter is a bulletin that provides updates about the struggles, campaigns, and other activities related to social protection. It is prepared and publish by AMRC.
Social protection has increasingly been accepted by key stakeholders at different levels as one of the effective tools in meeting basic needs, advancing people’s rights and well-being and also reduce inequality in society. At the international level, the Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPF) was introduced by the UN agencies and followed by the adoption of the SPF Recommendation at the 101 International Labour Conference in June 2012 and the formation of coalition of CSO to promote the implementation of SPF worldwide.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30 to Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 10:30
Where:
Bangkok, Thailand
AMRC organised a Regional Researchers’ Meeting, during which partners from 7 countries jointly decided on the project framework, methodology and timeline. The purpose of this research project is to strengthen our partners’ existing work with women workers, by enabling them to gain a better understanding of women workers’ issues and realign their organising and capacity building strategies.