Dear friends,
Warm gree ngs from Bangkok and Happy New Year! We hope you had relaxing end- of-year holidays.
The world spent another year in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. We mourned the loss of friends who succumbed to the virus. We watched in horror as governments, yet again, failed to protect people’s lives and livelihoods. We became used to new words and phrases that entered our everyday vocabulary – Covid passports, vaccine na onalism, mask mandates, sandbox schemes, boosters… We learnt new letters of the Greek alphabet.
However, at the start of a new year, it is worth being hopeful and looking ahead rather than back. We have exci ng plans for advancing the rights of women migrant and local low-wage workers and survivors of trafficking this year.