Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking as intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour.

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Crisis in Care: Home-Based Care Workers in Thailand

This report examines Thailand’s care economy in the context of an ageing population, declining fertility rates, and growing demand for care services. It analyses how care is organised, the gendered division of care responsibilities, and the unequal distribution of care work between households, the state, and communities. 

It further examines the work and migration experiences of care workers in Thailand, including the challenges they face in the care sector, their needs in performing paid care work, and the role of care workers' activism in shaping the care economy. 

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Crisis in Care: Home-Based Care Workers in Thailand

This report examines Thailand’s care economy in the context of an ageing population, declining fertility rates, and growing demand for care services. It analyses how care is organised, the gendered division of care responsibilities, and the unequal distribution of care work between households, the state, and communities. 

It further examines the work and migration experiences of care workers in Thailand, including the challenges they face in the care sector, their needs in performing paid care work, and the role of care workers' activism in shaping the care economy. 

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Learning Brief: Who Gets to Tell the Story? Community-Led Media and Knowledge for Advocacy and Narrative Change

This learning brief is part of GAATW's Learning Circle series, peer-learning spaces where our members come together to share their practices, learn from one another and reflect on common challenges in their work. It brings together the reflections and discussions from our Fourth Learning Circle, where members explored how community-led storytelling, participatory research and other ways of producing knowledge can strengthen advocacy and influence from the ground up.

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Learning Brief: Who Gets to Tell the Story? Community-Led Media and Knowledge for Advocacy and Narrative Change

This learning brief is part of GAATW's Learning Circle series, peer-learning spaces where our members come together to share their practices, learn from one another and reflect on common challenges in their work. It brings together the reflections and discussions from our Fourth Learning Circle, where members explored how community-led storytelling, participatory research and other ways of producing knowledge can strengthen advocacy and influence from the ground up.

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From Punishment to Protection (of rights): A feminist analysis of trafficking for forced criminality in the ASEAN region

Trafficking for forced criminality has historically received less attention from international institutions, the media and the human rights sector. However, awareness of this form of trafficking is increasing globally. This briefing paper aims to support that growing recognition by examining how trafficking for forced criminality is occurring within the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

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From Punishment to Protection (of rights): A feminist analysis of trafficking for forced criminality in the ASEAN region

Trafficking for forced criminality has historically received less attention from international institutions, the media and the human rights sector. However, awareness of this form of trafficking is increasing globally. This briefing paper aims to support that growing recognition by examining how trafficking for forced criminality is occurring within the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

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