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09Oct2023

Is It Time to Revive the Fin-Free Thailand Campaign?

Did you know that up to an estimated 73 million sharks are killed annually for shark fin soup [1]? What are the consequences of…

20Jul2023

Migrant Domestic Workers Need Equal Access to Social Security

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). However, a recently published report titled “Skilled to care, forced to…

16May2023

Rooms for Improvement to Combat Trafficking in Persons in ASEAN

The ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) was signed by ten ASEAN Heads of State in 2015 and became effective in 2017. The…

28Feb2023

What drives meaningful youth engagement?

Photo credit: United Nations More and more international organizations have realized the importance of engaging youth in sustainable development programs. Various youth engagement programs…

25Jan2023

Cost-benefit analysis of Responsible Recruitment

Can responsible recruitment lead to profitability? The answer is yes! A cost-benefit analysis carried out by Rapid Asia on a seafood processing company found…

29Jul2022

How to measure democracy

Democracy is a complex and loaded term, applied in myriad ways. Democracy means more than just the rule of the majority, and when we…

06Jul2022

Gender and Age Inequality in Disasters

Credit: Oxfam in the Philippines When disaster strikes a community, how does it impact different people of different ages and genders differently? Surprisingly little…

15Mar2022

Rapid Asia becomes a Certified B Corporation

Interview with Mr Daniel Lindgren, Founder of Rapid Asia. The interview took place in Bangkok in January 2022. Q: What is a B Corporation?…

17Feb2022

Strengthening women’s agency in disasters

Photo credit: Plan International  Women in Bangladesh face a range of stark inequalities, and these impact the participation of women and girls when disaster…

31Jan2022

Endline Evaluation: Worker Wellbeing Project in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam

In 2021 Rapid Asia conducted the Endline Evaluation for the Worker Wellbeing project in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia between 2018 and 2021. The Made…

15Dec2021

Empowering Youth to Lead in the Green Economy

Photo Credit: Vietnam Times To provide a more robust understanding of how youth can play a leading role in environmental sustainability, Rapid Asia carried…

23Nov2021

The Future of Labour Skills in Vietnam

Photo: (Airam Dato-on/Unsplash.com) Over the past 30 years, Viet Nam has experienced rapid economic growth, turning the country from one of the world’s poorest…