Youth and women in ASEAN unions pushed for a world of work without gender-based violence in mock dialogue sessions with stakeholders. The mock sessions helped put into practice the learnings on advocacy and lobbying from identifying advocacy issues and developing strategies to tailoring advocacy messages to specific audience. The training ended with identifying opportunities and […] The post ASEAN unions build advocacy and lobbying capacity against gender-based violence appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

  Decent work indicators, reducing the costs of recruitment, equal access to skills and training opportunities and enabling environment to enjoy full labor rights, including access to justice, are necessary for women migrant workers to benefit from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) made these proposals in a session during […] The post ATUC: Share the gains of ASEAN integration to women migrant workers appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

The future of work is one of the biggest industry buzzwords at the moment. With 260 million hits on Google in May 2017, this only confirms its undeniable relevance. It’s crazy to think that twenty years ago the technology that my startup was built upon did not exist; neither did the flexible work structures, environments, […] The post How will the future of work affect women? appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

Most of the discussion about the future of work focuses on how many jobs robots will take from humans. But this is just a (small) part of the change to come. As we explained in our previous blog, technology is reshaping the world of work not only by automating production but also by facilitating connectivity […] The post The Future of Work: The number of jobs is not the only thing at stake appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

The ASEAN Commission on Women and Children ( ACWC ) plans to release a report on women’s rights and gender equality this June, examining the progress and disparities experienced by Southeast Asian women in politics, education, health and the community. Datin Paduka Hjh Intan Kassim, Brunei’s representative to ACWC and chairperson of the human rights […] The post ASEAN Commission to release report on women’s rights, gender equality appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

WOMEN media professionals make up only three out of 10 newsroom staff in many countries across the Asia-Pacific. They often earn less than their male counterparts and are subject to sexual harassment while struggling to reach decision-making positions. These are some of the findings in “Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in […] The post 25/6/2015 – Women under-represented at all levels of media in Asean, report finds appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s East Asia Regional Meeting on April 19, we’re looking at how countries in the ASEAN group compare on key issues. The Philippines is by far the best-performing of the 10 ASEAN members in the World Economic Forum’s 2014 report on the Global Gender Gap and the only country in […] The post 9/4/2015 – Which ASEAN country does best on gender equality? appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

Civil societies in Southeast Asia question why ASEAN member countries are able to find compromise when it comes to economic and political issues, but refuse to give up sovereignty when it comes to human rights Second of two parts MANILA, Philippines – Reasey Seng has worked to advance women’s rights in Cambodia through SILAKA since […] The post 8/3/2015 – In ASEAN, women empowerment low on priority list appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

Despite the establishment of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, member states have dragged their feet in donating money to the commission, stalling its projects and work plan First of two parts MANILA, Philippines – In Southeast Asia, women are 8 times more likely to be […] The post 6/3/2015 – ASEAN countries slow in funding women empowerment appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more

Jakarta – A plan by Southeast Asian countries to establish a European Union-inspired single market next year could worsen inequality and is likely to benefit men more than women, a new study warned. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has set 2015 as the target to create a single economic market across the 10-nation […] The post 23/8/2014 – ASEAN 2015 may worsen gender inequality – study appeared first on Asean Trade Union Council (ATUC ..read more