Research

Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) is requesting for proposals to develop a research paper: 1) exploring how global brands, through the mechanism of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), have been responding to the plight that the working class experienced during the Covid-19 crisis, and 2) probing into what the working-class alliance (e.g., civil society organizations) has been doing to hold these brands accountable. For application details please refer to the attached request for proposal document. 

One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Bing Phonkao, 39, informal worker and mother of four, lives in Vientiane Capital, Laos, with her husband and two youngest children. She moved to the capital five years ago in search of work, and after getting married she decided to relocate.

The Grassroots Mutual Aid Practice During Pandemic in Indonesia: A Community of Practice (CoP) Study Case
Prepared by Rizki Estrada and Rozi Hariansyah  

Departing from the above problems, the purpose of this study is to address the following key questions: 1) How do the grassroot organizations build social resilience in the period of Large-Scale Social restriction policy amidst a pandemic? 2) What are the actions of grassroots communities when facing a pandemic, and amid the uncertainty of social protection provided by the Indonesian government?

A Participatory Research on impact of COVID 19 of workers in informal economy: Documenting Solidarity-Based Actions as Social Protection Response
By The Homenet Philippines and PATAMABA
  
1. To describe the impact of COVID-19 in the informal worker
communities identified for the research, with primary focus on Rizal
province (municipalities of Angono and Taytay).
2. To document and assess the solidarity-based actions already
conducted in the sites.
3. To share and derive lessons from the research results not only to the

LOCKDOWN STORIES Workers’ Struggles Amid the Pandemic 
By Center for Trade Union and Human Rights & Women Workers in Struggle for Employment, Empowerment and Emancipation  

RISKING LIFE AND LIMB IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON ECONOMIC SITUATION OF BPO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE NEED FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION 
by BPO Industry Employees Network  

The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Livelihoods, Government and Grassroots Initiatives in Response to COVID-19 and Financing for Social Protection Floor in Bangladesh   
By Asad Uddin Program Coordinator Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE)   

Social Protection action research in the context of COVID19 in Nepal
By HomeNet Nepal (HNN)

HomeNet Nepal came up with an initiative to study the situation of workers in Nepal amid the pandemic, to support informative decisions and strategies of the organization, as well as to provide constructive feedback to the government in developing inclusive, just, and transformative social protection plans for the country.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Crisis of Social Protection 
By Surendra Pratap, Center for Workers Education, New Delhi