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Myanmar activist Nandar draws attention to violence against the female body through her work as translator and performer.

The feminist network Political Feminism in Asia, a regional project by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, met in Penang to deliberate direction for joint…

The ongoing revision of Vietnam’s Labour Code is an opportunity to ensure workers’ rights are better protected in the economy of the 21st Century.

Campaigns around mega-sporting events can support trade union work in the fight for better working conditions for migrant workers.

Policies promoting the digital economy and transformation of manufacturing must incorporate the social and ecological interests, including those of…

The use of targeted sanction solves the main problem with blanket sanctions—the indiscriminate impact—while preserving the most advantageous feature:…

Applying targeted sanctions to enforce labour standards in trade agreements and trade preferences can improve the incentive for compliance.

Technological innovation is changing the way business is managed and how work is organized, raising concerns for workers in all ten ASEAN countries.

Initially embracing the opportunity to participate in China’s BRI, Myanmar is now sounding a note of caution about its exposure to Beijing’s projects…

In Timor Leste, progressive quotas for women in government are opening up new avenues for women in politics .

In Vietnam, a rights group works to ensure that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement safeguards labour and environmental standards laid out by EU and…

FES helps building new alliances that can bring feminist visions into the mainstream.

At a recent workshop in Vietnam, stakeholders explore how to bring together the work on climate governance and the implementation of the Paris…

An annual summit in Mongolia can serve as a platform for dialogue over the Korean Peninsula, in particular in the wake of the Kim-Trump summit in…

What lies behind the looming crisis over the future of jobs and how might it might impact the politics of India in 2019?

Undergraduate students from Hanoi explore alternative concepts of tourism and discuss the social and economic impacts of mainstream tourism on local…

Trade unions are developing strategies to address the harm a new generation of trade agreements may have on workers and access to public services in…

Ride-share platforms have been causing conflict in recent years between workers using the platform and traditional drivers in Thailand’s second city…

Shalini Sinha of WIEGO, a global network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor, talks about the need to think outside the box when it…

China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given rise to both hopes and concerns among its stakeholders along the route. While it offers…

New Delhi – A new methodology pursued by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in India has been applying a new narrative for alliance building to energy…

Housing remains a fundamental right, but social urban policy must also add to its focus the fight against unemployment, explains in this interview…

The EU and ASEAN are strengthening their cooperation by working towards a regional free trade agreement. The Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD)…

An urbanization that fails to produce just job opportunities will have far-reaching consequences.

Kathmandu – Experiences from the Philippines and Nepal suggest that a multi-lateral approach to international labour agreements could benefit weaker…

An alumnus speaks of her good fortune in attending the Global Labour University.

Karachi (Pakistan) – In Pakistan as elsewhere, the search is on for a system of economic and political governance that ensures socially inclusive,…

Singapore – The sustainable development chapters the European Union has in place in trade agreements and the way they are used are not leading to a…

The European Union says it is taking labour considerations into account in its free trade agreements, but it is not doing it in a way that actually…