Skip to main content
Asia Monitor Resource Centre

Top Supplementary Menu 1

  • A
  • A
  • A
Get our E-newsletter

Top Supplementary Menu 2

  • Get Social

Top Slogon

Supporting a democratic &
independent labour movement
in Asia

Main menu

  • Who We Are
  • Topics & Concerns
  • Resources
  • Get Involved
  • Events
  • Galleries
  • Job Vacancies

You are here

Home » Topics & Concerns » Labour and Gender

Topics & Concerns

  • Organising for Social Protection
  • Capital Mobility
  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Labour and Gender
  • Asian Labour Update
    • - List of Contributors
    • - Submit Article
    • - Archives
    • - Echoes of Struggle
    • - Asian Labour Sessions

Action Alert

35 years – Still no Justice: Justice for Bhopal Victims

Act Now >

Latest Research

Financing Social Protection Floors in South East Asia
More +

Partners’ Meeting held in Bangkok on Gender and Labour Rights (Oct 2015)

2015-11-10
Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), recently concluded a Partners Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, held between 26-28 October 2015, brought together 55 participants from 42 organisations from 13 countries across Asia.
 
 
 
 
The participants, which included women worker leaders, activists and organisers, came from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia.
 
Women workers and activists met to consolidate and share their achievements in advancing and promoting women workers’ rights. Partners discussed strategies in organising, supporting, and building capacity of women workers as well as in promoting women's leadership and representation within labour movements at the local and national levels.
 
Organising women workers, and developing women's power and leadership were highlighted as key to advancing women workers' rights. An inspiring example of a struggle for recognition was Maina, an Adivasi from India. Maina fought every inch of the way into a leadership role in the local government structure in her community and region, overcoming prejudices, discrimination and hostility from her peers in goverment.
In terms of organising, women activists shared the different approaches and strategies that their groups used to organise women workers to challenge their exploitation and address their difficult working conditions.
 
 
Issues of occupational safety and health of women workers, especially women's reproductive health in the garments and electronics industries were discussed in a workshop. Participants also shared their strategies advocating for social protection for marginalised women workers in their countries. 
 
In the workshop on social media and visual tools, participants produced campaign materials using simple and easy techniques, to disseminate their message to a wider audience. See more here.
 
The partners also explored opportunities to forge strategic alliances and solidarity with each other and with the broader women’s and LGBT movement. The meeting ended with partners exploring projects and issues to work on over the coming years together, as well as matching each grassroots group's specific needs with the resources from the network.
 
 

Country:

  • Thailand

Type:

  • Updates

Tags:

  • Gender
  • women leaders
  • Women Workers
  • leadership
Top

Support Us

Help AMRC protect labour rights in Asia!

Donate Now!

Donate Now

Action Alert

35 years – Still no Justice: Justice for Bhopal Victims

Act Now >

Our Work in Asia

  • Thailand
  • Bangladesh
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Vietnam
  • Asia
  • World
Click to see our work in Asia

AMRC Contact Information

AMRC Logo
Flat 7, 9th Floor, Block A
Fuk Keung Industrial Building
66-68 Tong Mi Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2332-1346  |  Fax: (852) 2385-5319

Footer Link

  • About Us
  • Our Work in Asia
  • Events
  • Action Alert
  • Resources
  • Support Us
  • Contact Us
  • Links
  • Feedback
  • Sitemap

Creative Common

Creative Common