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Social and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups (Tuk-Tuk Drivers, Street Vendors and Domestic Workers) in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia

2021-05-10

Social and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups (Tuk-Tuk Drivers, Street Vendors and Domestic Workers) in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia
By Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association

STUDY ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON INFORMAL MIGRANT WORKERS IN HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY-VIETNAM

2021-05-10

STUDY ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON INFORMAL MIGRANT WORKERS IN HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY-VIETNAM
by Action For Migrant Workers Network, Vietnam

INITIATIVES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION SUPPORTING VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

2021-05-10

INITIATIVES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION SUPPORTING VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
By Center for Development and Integration, Vietnam

The study’s goal is to document initiatives of key stakeholders’ support to workers in the formal and informal sectors in response to the COVID-19 crisis, including two specific objectives: (i) to identify and map initiatives that support workers; and (ii) to share lessons learned and good practices actors in Vietnam and other countries in the region.

Asian Roundtable on Social Protection Network Newsletter Dec 2020

2021-04-30

The COVID-19 pandemic has been occurring worldwide, and become more serious, with additional waves of the virus being experienced globally, reaching more than 151 million positive cases and over 3 million deaths, of which more than 39 million cases and over 500,000 deaths by 28th April 2021 (worldometers.info). According to the International Labour Organization, working-hour losses in 2020 were 8.8% or 255 million full time jobs, approximately four times greater than during the global financial crisis in 2009.

Pandemic, Crisis, and the Working Class on the Continent of Labour

2021-04-30

In this Special Issue of Asian Labour Update entitled ‘Pandemic, Crisis, and the Working Class on the Continent of Labour’ we present a collection of writings from around the Asia region that document how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted workers during the outset in 2020. The writings contained in this issue come from a variety of industries, including healthcare, platform economy, domestic work, garment, forest produce collectors, and more.

Online Premiere of Victim Diaries

2021-04-21

Online premiere of Victim Diaries. Victim Diaries documented the situation of occupational and environmental victims under the pandemic. Watch the testimonies of victims, their struggle against their condition and COVID 19 and how they keep up the hope.

AMRC May Day 2021 Statement & Call for Submissions

2021-04-14

After an unprecedented yearlong pandemic spread over the world claiming almost 3 million lives and destroying the livelihoods of millions more, the rollout of vaccines has provided some hope of resuming economic activities. Yet, the impact of COVID-19 continues to magnify inequality and expose the long existing systemic problems faced by marginalised workers all over the world.

Financing Social Protection Floors in South East Asia

2021-03-25

The Recommendation 202 on social protection floors (SPF), promoted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and adopted in 2012, is intended to ensure essential health care and basic income security worldwide for children, people of working age who are unable to earn a sufficient income and the elderly. The SPF requires country members to develop a comprehensive social protection system including social security guarantees for the whole life cycle of citizens. However, social protection is very new to many grassroots organizations and proves to be complex in many levels.

Offshoring the Risks: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories

2021-02-19

While health hazards and poor working conditions inside electronics factories have been well documented, few studies extensively cover these issues in terms of gender relations. This research attempts to establish a causal relationship between exposure to certain chemicals and the implications for reproductive health and investigates the issues that affect women workers more directly.

Call for Papers Asia Labour Update, Special Issue: pandemic, crisis, and the working class on the continent of labour

2020-05-13

Call for Papers

Asia Labour Update, Special Issue: pandemic, crisis, and the working class on the continent of labour

Deadline for paper: June 16, 2020

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Social and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups (Tuk-Tuk Drivers, Street Vendors and Domestic Workers) in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia

STUDY ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON INFORMAL MIGRANT WORKERS IN HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY-VIETNAM

INITIATIVES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION SUPPORTING VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Asian Roundtable on Social Protection Network Newsletter Dec 2020

Pandemic, Crisis, and the Working Class on the Continent of Labour

Online Premiere of Victim Diaries

AMRC May Day 2021 Statement & Call for Submissions

Financing Social Protection Floors in South East Asia

Offshoring the Risks: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories

Call for Papers Asia Labour Update, Special Issue: pandemic, crisis, and the working class on the continent of labour

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