Asia & the Pacific

Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis for Labour and Employment in India: Impact, Strategies and Perspectives

• June 8, 2020 - June 9, 2020
• Online

Focal City Learning Meeting 2020: Different Cities, Common Goals

DELHI DIARY – April 2020by Avi Singh Majithia

Not just hunger but also safety: Relief for waste pickers during COVID-19

by Avi Singh Majithia  May 4, 2020

Ela R. Bhatt explains how to rebuild a society less susceptible to debt, disease and devastation

Ela R. Bhatt, long-time activist, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, and also a founder of...

Asia Floor Wage Alliance Statement on Garment Workers’ Demands – COVID-19

As the economic, human and labour rights impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic become global and pervasive, we are seeing garment workers in global...

Focal City Delhi: COVID-19 response

When India went into an abrupt lockdown on March 24, it triggered a high-profile humanitarian crisis as migrant workers scrambled to get...

To die from hunger or the virus: An all too real dilemma for the poor in India (and elsewhere)

The double tsunami of the pandemic and lockdown in India will continue to have devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the poor,...

SEWA’s Federation of Cooperatives: Health, livelihood and social protection strategies for immediate and long-term relief among informal women workers

Noting “The outbreak is widely being considered two epidemics – a health crisis and a livelihood loss epidemic,” SEWA’s...

SEWA’s Appeal for Helping Informal Sector Workers during COVID 19 crisis

SEWA’s Appeal submitted to the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment & Union Minister of Finance for Helping Informal Sector...

Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...