Since 2017, Union Aid Abroad APHEDA has been conducting a project to improve the status of women in Vietnam and strengthen women’s rights to equality through increasing the representation of women in politics. This project has been implemented in three provinces of Haiduong, Phuyen and Bac Kan.
The President of the Industrial Workers’ Federation of Myanmar and the General Secretary of ITALIA-BIRMANIA.INSIEME presented a joint statement, reinforcing their call for urgent sanctions against the dictatorship.
Since 2009, Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA has collaborated with Workers’ World Media Productions (WWMP) in South Africa on a project that focuses on democratic mass media and organisational platforms to address issues impacting workers and their communities. Activities involve mass media productions, education, training, and movement building.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is deeply concerned about the suspension of Australia’s funding to the UN’s main agency providing aid in Gaza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
In Vietnam’s rural northeast, Vang Kheo, a hamlet of 24 Dao households, has undergone a transformative change. Now illuminated with road lighting and equipped with solar power banks in every home, this isolated village serves as a model for sustainable development, particularly for other rural communities that lack connections to the national electricity grid.
The Palestine General Federation of Trade Union (PGFTU) shared an update on the situation in Gaza after 100 days of war. The humanitarian situation has also severely affected Palestinian workers, including those in the West Bank.