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In a future for all, women will need to have meaningful access and opportunities to join the digital economy. FES partners met in Singapore to explore…

FES partners address the emerging care crisis and think of innovations in Asia.

A Bangladeshi delegation explores small and medium enterprises in Stuttgart.

Interview with Gotelind Alber on a genuine gender-sensitive climate transition for South-East Asia

India is known for its frugal innovations and ground-up development models. Through their work, the partners of FES have been pioneering social…

For Dendev Terbishdagva, November 9, 1989 was just another day at work as lecturer in Bernau, East Berlin. Until the news came that the Wall was there…

Urbanists from Europe and Asia are facing some of the same challenges, but from often quite different angles. Experts from nine Asian countries…

The extractive industry in Mongolia is making huge money for multinationals, but tax avoidance means this wealth is not translating into investments…

If urban development is led by communities it can make cities—and the wider economy—more inclusive and socially just. Indonesian urbanists discussed…

Policies need to address the rising need for care and to ensure decent work in the care economy of Asia.

Developing countries must do more than boost exports if they hope to improve workers’ lives. But which industrial policies have proven best at…

Two years after the first Academy of Work in Bangladesh, trainers have restyled the programme to better respond to the challenges of organized labour…

The technological changes sweeping the world of work have particular implications for women. Specialists from across Asia have selected two areas to…

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is working with local and international partners to ensure that the new talent in Afghanistan generates and seizes…

At a workshop in Kabul, Afghan women activists learn innovative approach to solidarity, boosting their prospects and the country’s future.

A greater emphasis on renewable energy could benefit the people and the economy as well as the environment in Viet Nam.

Ageing populations, technology advancements, climate change and the rise of non-standard jobs complicate further the grim outlook of the labour market…

In Asia the main priority for domestic workers is still to be recognized as workers.

For a trade deal to be fair, it must benefit workers all along the supply chain. To make sure this happens, workers must have a say in policies and…

A look at the county’s persistently popular but problematic power source.

Animations tell stories of everyday gender inequality from across Asia in fourth and last future lab.

India shares many development challenges with other countries, in particular regarding the energy transition and its environmental sustainability.…

At a regional dialogue in Dhaka, feminists, political economist and women’s rights and labour activists focus on recognition of care work and stronger…

The right to freely associate, bargain and be free from discrimination for exercising labour rights should continue to form the cornerstone of a…

Bringing the women’s and workers’ movements together is a challenging task that one of the working groups as part of a regional project on feminism in…

How can women’s and workers’ movements be brought together? Members of the network “Political Feminism in Asia” are to meet in Bangladesh to share…

Shifting spotlight from economic growth to the well-being of humans and nature can contribute to reduced carbon pressure on the Planet, better trade…

A movie-rating app developed by a group of feminists from across Asia aims to give space for feminist critique of the mainstream movie industry in the…

The large cities of Indonesia and Malaysia are no exception to the trend or rising poor and massive shortage in affordable housing and public…

Hate speech is rife on local news websites in Mongolia amid a lack of self-regulation of the newsroom and of media literacy among the public.