Asia & the Pacific

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Webinar Report

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented public health and humanitarian crisis, marked by forced lockdowns, social distancing, and...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Policy Brief

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Nagaland

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Nagaland, as well as highlight key policy...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Kerala State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in India’s Kerala State, where the minimum...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Bihar State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Bihar State. Bihar included domestic workers...

Informal Workers in Southeast Asia: Resourceless, yet Resourceful

Informal workers dominate the region’s labor market in both urban and rural areas. More than half of the workforce in most Southeast Asian...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Madhya Pradesh

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Madhya Pradesh, one of India’s poorest...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Tamil Nadu

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Tamil Nadu, one of the first Indian states...

Open Letter to European Union Policymakers

As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding...

The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Asia

This analysis covers COVID-19 laws in seven Asian countries, namely, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and...