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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…

20May2021

Labour market assessment: Market trends and opportunities in Ethiopia and the Gulf

In 2020, Rapid Asia carried out a labour market assessment, looking at market trends and opportunities in Ethiopia and the Gulf. The study was conducted…

27Oct2020

Report Discussion on Public Attitudes towards Migrants in Asia

Event date: Wednesday, 4th November 2020 Event time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Location: SEA Junction, Room 408, 4th Floor, SEA Junction Available on Facebook live…

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”…

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

Baseline study: evaluation of the electronic payment system in the Thai fishing industry

This baseline study report was produced by Rapid Asia on behalf of Humanity United and The Freedom Fund. The study used a mixed methods…

13Sep2017

Is Thailand Facing Another Migrant Exodus?

Photo: 2014 Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha Thailand has some 3–4 million migrant workers that fill the gap for much needed low-skilled labor and companies in several…