In Cambodia, union organisers are refreshing their strategies and tactics to educate workers about the dangers of asbestos. Using distance learning, union educator Kathleen Galvin is volunteering her time, skills and expertise to work with the APHEDA Cambodia team to help build the capacity or partner organisations.

In October 2020, APHEDA’s partner organisation, the Building Wood Workers Trade Union Federation (BWTUC), took the lead on Cambodia’s first Tripartite Consultation on Responding to Asbestos Hazards in the Construction Sector.

Update on the campaign to stop Multilateral Development Banks funding asbestos - part of a global push to make sure billions of aid dollars does not support the asbestos industry.

On 31 August 2020, a workshop covering the latest information on the current situation of hazardous waste - including asbestos - took place in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Statement on ADB Annual Meeting - the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Must Clarify Asbestos Policy Now!

Asbestos has been discovered on ferries bound for Sydney. But how did asbestos end up on the ferries when asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003?