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01Mar2024

Are you eating endangered sharks?

A chef pours shark fin soup into a clay pot at a restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown. A bowl of shark fin soup in downtown…

22Feb2024

DNA-BASED SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF SHARK FINS TRADED IN THAI MARKETS

In late 2023, Rapid Asia contributed to conducting a survey for WildAid’s shark fin trade project in Thailand. Thailand is one of the most…

15Feb2024

Pakistani migrant workers at risk of HIV in GULF States

Pakistan has a long history of emigration for work, particularly to the Gulf States. Due to a lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases,…

30Jan2024

Why employers risk employing undocumented migrants

Most of the migrants in Thailand are from Myanmar and have been coming to the country since the economic boom between 1987 and 1996….

12Dec2023

Encouraging regular migration from Myanmar to Thailand

Following the economic boom between 1987 and 1996, Thailand experienced large-scale labour migration from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. Today, most of the migrants…

12Dec2023

Seeking opportunities elsewhere: Exploring the lives and challenges of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand

In early 2023, Rapid Asia has contributed in a Seeking opportunities elsewhere: Exploring the lives and challenges of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand project…

30Nov2023

Thai poultry sector and the rights due diligence law

Thailand produces 3.3 million tonnes of chicken meat annually (3.3% of global output) and its chicken exports account for 10.8% of the global market…

14Nov2023

Migrant women’s rights in the poultry supply chain in Thailand

With the contribution of Rapid Asia, a key milestone in the “Our Food Our Future” project is now published. This report aims to promote…

09Nov2023

Upskilling and reskilling needs in Thailand’s automotive sector

The automotive sector is the cornerstone of Thailand’s economy and plays a critical role in providing employment opportunities for a wide range of skill…

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…

16Jun2023

Skilled to care, forced to work?

In 2022 Rapid Asia carried out a major study on migrant women domestic workers and private household employers in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. The…