Solidarity in Action:
Our Projects

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA, as the global justice organisation of the Australian union movement, works to support stronger union and social movements in thirteen locations in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. We do that by working in partnership with thirty-nine local unions and community organisations through thirty projects and campaigns.

Our approach to development and movement-building work is centred in values of partnership, solidarity, equality, justice, and accountability.

We provide on-the-ground assistance which aims to address the causes of injustice and inequality, not the symptoms.

We support organised movements of people to make their own change possible, by exerting political pressure for just and sustainable solutions.

We recognise our solidarity with the working classes and marginalised people of the Global South and stand with them, as together we struggle for a better world.

We seek to deploy funds in effective and strategic ways, with accountability to partner organisations, funding bodies and our own members.

Here are some of the projects and campaigns we undertake in collaboration with communities in our region and beyond:

By working to support strong movements of people, we can fight inequality and corporate greed. History shows us we can demand a just world.

Kate Lee

Executive Officer, Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA

To learn more about how we put our solidarity into action, take a look at the 2023 Annual Report, where you can read about our partnerships and projects, the activism and advocacy of our members, and the progress of our campaign to ban asbestos across Asia.

In Timor Leste, farmers are establishing organisations and cooperatives to encourage the sustainable development of rural communities.
A World AIDS Day event was held in Cambodia on December 6 to raise awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on entertainment workers.
The Myanmar diaspora community in Australia has written an open letter to the Australian government, calling on it to do more to help the people of Myanmar.
The union movement has been campaigning to achieve affordable access to vaccines for everyone. In this global emergency, governments and pharmaceutical companies need to put people before mega profits – especially since vaccines were developed with the use of public
The 5th Big Ride for Palestine took place around Australia over two weeks to raise awareness of ongoing human rights issues facing Palestinian people.
The military junta has intensified its violent attacks on workers and trade unionists in Myanmar. Concerted action of the international community to demand the release of all political prisoners remains the top priority.
Pacific countries discuss how to dispose of asbestos in their small island countries, new partners join the campaign in Vietnam, and journalists get training on the health hazards of asbestos in Laos.
In the context of the devastating coup unfolding inside Myanmar and the ongoing impacts of COVID 19, the Karen Women’s Organisation has continues its struggle for women’s equality and for peace and democracy.
Ahead of World Trade Organization meetings, protesters call for Pfizer to put health ahead of profits, radically shift its current sales practices and support a waiver on Covid-19 vaccine monopolies.

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