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29Apr2021

Enabling Youth Participation in Sustainable Futures

Photo Credit: The Phnom Penh Post, 2019 The world is facing multiple environmental, social and economic challenges that require a response that offers growth…

30Mar2021

How forced labor and trafficking affect female relatives

Photo credit: Plan International As part of the Plan International’s Safeguarding Against and Addressing Fishers’ Exploitation at Sea (SAFE Seas) project, 210 women, most…

17Feb2021

Youth Work to Save the Bagmati River

Photo : THT The Bagmati River is a vital part of the national culture of Nepal. The water of the holy river attracts devoted…

17Nov2020

Shifting Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers, 2010-2019

Photo credit: PTI, Business Standard In 2019, Rapid Asia carried out a major survey on attitudes towards migrant workers in four countries (Thailand, Malaysia,…

22Oct2020

Impact of Covid-19 on domestic migrants

Photo credit : Adnan Abidi/Reuters Border closures and lockdown restrictions to constrain the spread of Covid-19 have impacted labour mobility significantly in South (East) Asia,…

25Sep2020

Rapid Asia 10 years, the Founder’s story

It was late 2009 when I got fired from my job. Everyone I spoke to asked me if I had plans to start my…

05May2020

How Thailand flattened the COVID-19 curve

Photo credit: WHO Thailand reported the first cases of COVID-19 on 13 January 2020. Cases were few initially but by mid-March, the situation started…

30Apr2020

What drives attitudes towards migrant workers?

Many developing countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, are facing labor shortages due to ageing populations and low fertility rates. Employers struggle to find…

12Mar2020

Forced labour in the Thai fishing industry

Photo credit: Mahmud Rahman The Thai fishing sector has been under scrutiny in the recent years and the ILO “Ship to Shore Rights Project”…

28Jan2020

How to spot fake polls

 Photo credit: Canada Free Press Fact based reporting in the media and opinion–based information has become increasingly more difficult to fact check. “Fake news”…

16Dec2019

Smartphone penetration amongst migrant workers

Photo credit: Rapid Asia With expanding access to technology—primarily through the use of smartphones—disseminating and sharing information has become increasingly more efficient. This should…

14Nov2019

Can e-payments empower migrant workers?

Rapid Asia recently undertook a study on behalf of Humanity United and The Freedom Fund to evaluate the electronic payment system adopted by the…