The Recommendation 202 on social protection floors (SPF), promoted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and adopted in 2012, is intended to ensure essential health care and basic income security worldwide for children, people of working age who are unable to earn a sufficient income and the elderly. The SPF requires country members to develop a comprehensive social protection system including social security guarantees for the whole life cycle of citizens. However, social protection is very new to many grassroots organizations and proves to be complex in many levels.

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2019 is out!

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The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2018 is out!

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Take action to demand justice for the victims of Kidapawan carnage!

Day of the Landless

Stop oil palm plantations! Fight for land, fight for life!

Statement

March 30, 2016

As we mark the Day of the Landless on March 29, the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) is launching the “Stop Oil Palm Plantations!” campaign. This, amidst the massive and aggressive expansion of the palm oil industry that further threatens the life and livelihood of countless farmers, farm workers, indigenous peoples, and other oppressed and exploited rural sectors in the region.

This action research conducted by EILER examines how women in the informal sector in two urban communities in Manila make the most of available resources in order to rise above their seemingly disadvantaged situation within the economy. 

The Asian Roundtable on Social Protection (AROSP) Network's periodic newsletter on social protection issues in Asia.

Jose Carlos Maningat
Ecumenical Institute for Labour Education and Research, Inc.
Philippines

Discussion Paper No. 1, December 2015

Philippines, 2015 - Labor Education and Research Network (LEARN)

This education module on capital mobility explains the capitalist crisis, and assesses the impact of capital mobility on workers and trade unions. The module also provides stories of workers in the global supply chains and their struggles.

This meeting report discussed the prospect of labour organising in Asia.