"Gender Equality + Equity in Asia:
Are we getting any closer to these goals in 2020?"
16th - 19th August 2009, Bangkok (Thailand)

The Regional Cooperation for Gender Equality, FES strives to support Asia-wide political processes of regional integration, political campaigning, awareness raising and best practice exchange on different gender-related topics. The key questions addressed in this meeting were:

1. What could really bring stakeholders and decision makers, at the regional level, together, to act commonly so as to impact the situation of women and men in Asian societies?

2. Are there common topics or regional issues that could be discussed Asia-wide? Where are the challenges?

3. What are success stories when it comes to pursuing Equality in individual societies and how can others learn from these?

4. Who else is engaged in work which contributes to more Gender Equality and Equity all over Asia? Who needs to talk to each other?

The workshop aimed to collectively gather inputs for its future strategies through participatory methods.
 

Workshop on Change and Impact on homebased workers
7th - 8th September 2009, Manesar (India)

In past (2007 and 2008), FES and Homenet South Asia (HNSA) have jointly organised workshops to strengthen the need for social security for Homebased workers, advocating ratification of ILO Convention C177 and policy at national level for homebased workers. Specifically, these workshops are sought to build solidarity, mutual learning and experience sharing among the participants so that they can create a presence and a voice at Asia level.

This conference is a part of this series, looking at understanding the initiatives that have changed the lives of homebased workers and the impacts thereof. The conference was attended by homebased workers, NGOs, policy makers and academicians from South Asian and Southeast Asian region.