Asia Monitor Resource Centre

31/10/2025

Let's join!
online participants join in the 4th activity series via: tps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/05zoiMvOTX2V71CSFxKIQA #/registration

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dear friends,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the APSF2025 ‘Activities series on Social Justice for Working People of Asia and the Pacific’, under the theme: Finance and Economic Justice, collectively organized by 20 organisations and networks.

The APSF2025 Activities series on 4th-5th November 2025 at Thammasat University:
for in-person participants:
4th November:

1) Assembly on Social Justice for Working People of Asia and the Pacific (14:00-16:00, BKK time, GMT+7) at Thai Studies Institute, Multipurpose Building, TKRI-Kukrit Room at 9th Floor;
2) Towards universal maternity protection and transformative care economy (16:30-18:30, BKK time, GMT+7) at Faculty of Social Administration

5th November: Joint Declaration space - Thammasat Football Field (to be confirmed)

online participants join in the 4th activity series via:
ttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/05zoiMvOTX2V71CSFxKIQA #/registration

Among the key objectives: i) Sustain and expand ongoing advocacy and campaigning efforts to ensure commitments made towards labour rights, social protection, especially universal maternity protection and a transformative care economy are effectively implemented and monitored across Asia and the Pacific; ii) Strength the voice of working people especially informal economy’s workers in advocating for their rights to social protection and social services; iii) Strengthen regional linking and solidarity among working people organisations and TUs, CSOs and networks to promote universal social protection movement in Asia; and iv) Sensitize and pressurize the government of respective countries of the Region to be more responsible towards better social protection schemes for all.

Speakers:
Suntaree H. Saeng-ging - Nina Lau - Om Thapalyia - Rungniran Khamphitoon - Anwar Sastro Maruf - Tsz Yan Leung - Harun Or Rashid - Sabrina Abeedallah - Vijaya Kumar - Raquel Castillo - Muhammad Tajammal Aziz - Gintota Vidanelage Daya Tilakasiri - Poonsap Tulaphan -
Chindamani Homphasathane - Raina Bhattacharya - Boonsom Namsomboon - Nalini Rathnarajah - Oluwatoyin Towobola

Moderators: Suntaree H. Saeng-ging - Sanju Thapa Magar - Maria Victoria - Van Thi Thu Ha - Irfan Elahi - Aranya Pakapath - Boonsom Namsomboon - Tharushi Pinnawala
Logistic supporter: Da Chidchanok Samantrakul, HNSEA

We believe your expertise and insights would greatly enrich the discussions and contribute to the success of this workshop.

On behalf of the Co-organisers
AMRC - AROSP - AFC- Ageing Nepal - FTUDC - JELI - Homenet Nepal - HNSEA - HNT - IDWF - KPRI - LEF - Light House - PMRS - SAAPE - SLPSTA - SPELL - WDI - WIEGO - WOPO

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03/10/2025

Please Endorse Our Joint Statement: Reframe and Invest in Inclusive and Gender Sensitive Maternity Protection and Care System in the ASEAN Economy

Toward an ASEAN “UNITED under One Vision, One Identity and One Caring and Sharing Community” - a future of ASEAN people life with dignity and ASEAN without inequality, we, 110 representatives from 60 organisations in Southeast Asia, regional and global level come together in Kuala Lumpur in May 25, 2025 to call for ‘’Reframe and Invest in Inclusive and Gender Sensitive Maternity Protection and Care System in the ASEAN Economy’’. Our Joint Statement will serve as a common agenda of our advocacy towards ASEAN and its State Members, especially on universal maternity protection to build up a transformative care economy in Southeast Asia.

To address the challenges regarding Persistent Gender Gaps in the labour market, Lack of social protection and maternity protection, Barriers to healthcare access, Workplace discrimination and the invisible unpaid care, Informality and the missing middle, and Policy gaps in ASEAN:

1. Recognise care services, social protection and safety protection as fundamental rights of all workers, including refugees, indigenous peoples (such as Orang Asal in Malaysia), stateless individuals, migrants, and workers in informal economy without exception and discrimination and guarantee that workers and their organisations can engage in dialogue and negotiation to monitor and advance care-related rights at workplace and policy levels.

2. Extend maternity protection to workers in informal employment, particularly the self-employed and ratify the ILO Convention 183 on maternity protection and ensure transition measures consistent with ILO Recommendation 204, covering informal, self-employed, and platform workers.

3. Expand the quality of child care, child allowances and / or family benefits for all workers financed by national budget through progressive taxation and fair employer contributions.

4. Recognise long-term care rights as integral to universal social protection and healthcare and encourage worker- and community-led initiatives, including cooperatives, unions, and local organisations, in building sustainable care systems.

5. Increase public investments to ensure especially accessible, adequate, and affordable public health care services to all people, especially mothers and newborns.

6. Align the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) programs in building a robust care economy and establish a tripartite plus review mechanism to ensure economic integration supports care economy and social protection goals.

Pls endorse our Joint Statement before 31st October 2025, via the form: https://forms.gle/9TgW5Lekx3ZrW8Cq6

More details of the Joint Statement here: https://amrcentre.org/joint-statement-reframe-and-invest-in-inclusive-and-gender-sensitive-maternity-protection-and-care-system-in-the-asean-economy/

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15/09/2025

Pls join this webinar!

You are invited to the ACSC/APF2025 CS7 Regional Webinar Transformative Social Protection towards A Caring Community in ASEAN 2045: “Maternity Protection and the Care Economy in ASEAN: Policy & Implementation Gaps Realities, and Social Movement Strategies”, collectively organized by 1) Asia Monitor Resource Centre - AMRC; 2) Asian Roundtable on Social Protection network - AROSP; 3) Asian Solidarity Economy Council - ASEC; 4) Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community - CCFC, Cambodia; 5) Confederation of Indonesian People Movement-KPRI, Indonesia; 6) HomeNet SouthEast Asia-HNSEA; 7) Oxfam in Laos; 8) Solidarity for People’s Education and Lifelong Learning-SPELL, Philippines; and 9) Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

The webinar will be held on 26 September 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:15 PM BKK time through Zoom.

Please register via: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sH0XyhhIQPS3_lAUA-uAuA #/registration

The webinar Concept Note: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YBSW88drlR6z3mX9Blsuin5_hJdv6fH8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115718862395295771625&rtpof=true&sd=true

Speakers:
Ms. Sayuri Cocco Okada, ESCAP
Ms. Van Thi Thu Ha, AROSP
ACWC Laos representative (tbc)
Mr. Mugiyanto, Indonesia ministry of Human Rights, Indonesia
Mr. Jaturong Praising, Social Security Scheme Board, Thailand
Ms. Josephine C. Parilla, HomeNet Philippines - HNPhil, Philippines
Mr. Savoeun Theng, CCFC, Cambodia
Mr. Vinsensius B.Lajar, Serikat Perjuangan Rakyat Indonesia - SPRI, Indonesia
Mr. Wahyu Dhyatmika CEO Tempo Media, Indonesia
Moderators: Suntaree H. Saeng-ging (HNSEA), Raquel Castillo (SPELL), Anwar Sastro Ma’ruf (KPRI); Aura Sevilla (WIEGO); Supriti Bezbaruah (Bezbaruah Ltd)

We believe your expertise and insights would greatly enrich the discussions and contribute to the success of this workshop.









On behalf of the Co-organisers
Mabel Au, AMRC/ Van Thi Thu Ha, AROSP/ Chandra Firmantoko, ASEC/ Savoeun Theng, CCFC/ Suntaree H Saeng-ging, HNSEA/ Anwar Sastro Maruf’, KPRI/ Khamphy Khammavong, Oxfam in Laos/ Raquel Castillo, SPELL/ Aura Sevilla, WIEGO