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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. 

1. To provide a platform for sharing the developments and models in the past year in terms of organising and bargaining of marginalised workers for social protection;
2. To consolidate the network in South Asia on labour organising and social protection; 

This conference will bring together AMRC's partners who have been working on organising, empowering and building leadership among women workers in Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, and the Philippines. The participation of grassroots women leaders will be prioritised, and women activists from other countries in Asia will also be invited to participate and share strategies, lessons and perspectives on gender and labour rights issues, as well as occupational safety and health, and social protection for marginalised women workers.