Latest News
Latest news from APHEDA’s overseas projects, campaigns and events
5 reasons why… we should all Vote YES! for Marriage Equality
Everyone in our community should have the right to love who they love and to marriage equality. Voting ‘YES’ is a vote for equality for all!
APHEDA People: Meet Tim Nelthorpe
This month we spoke with Tim who participated in APHEDA’s Thai-Myanmar Border Study Tour in 2012. In 2016, Tim returned to Myanmar where he was invited to train workers from a number of industries in Yangon with Action Labor Rights (ALR).
Working together to support Syrian refugee children access an education in Lebanon
Union Aid Abroad APHEDA is working in Lebanon to ensure Syrian refugee children are catching, keeping up and staying in school.
Desperate Measures Deployed by Asbestos Industry
For decades, the asbestos industry has pushed the false ‘safe use’ argument. With more countries looking at bans, desperate measures are being deployed.
Shoulder-to-shoulder with Samoa First
Samoa First Union (SFU) have been working hard over the past 12 months to organise new members and concentrate on the fundamentals of union building.
Building Strength and Power Among the Karen Women of Myanmar
With a membership base of over 60,000, the Karen Women Organisation (KWO) is building strength and power among the Karen women of Myanmar and the Thai-Myanmar border.
Sacked caddies in Mandalay seek re-employment, back pay
Unemployed golf caddies and their families – many of whom are now living in refugee-like conditions – are protesting their sacking by Shwe Man Taung Golf Club in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Five things about…. Women and Trade Agreements
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA recently participated in a round-table discussion about trade agreements and the impacts for women. Here are 5 things we learned.
New momentum to ban Asbestos: Campaigning in 5 South East Asian Nations
A 3-week Asbestos tour to Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia has built new momentum to ban asbestos. Here are the highlights…