“They Beat Up Online Drivers There”
As ride-hailing apps spread in Southeast Asia, conflict and violence arise from the collision between drivers for these apps and drivers for conventio…
Tag: Labour Rights
Political Agenda: Singapore’s Invisible Population
There are almost a million low-wage migrant workers in Singapore, but they often face physical and social segregation, and are excluded from data on S…
Akan Datang: Thoughts With Sulawesi
A weekly round-up of the stories to watch in Southeast Asia: a tragic earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, a dispute over Duterte's comments regarding …
Undocumented in Thailand
Thailand recently launched a crackdown on undocumented workers in an effort to combat trafficking, but the lack of a victim-centric approach means tha…
Southeast Asia Dispatches — Episode 1
This week: educating child labourers in Myanmar with Victoria Milko, a new train line in Cambodia with Mark Tilly, and reporting on grief with Aisyah …
A Creative Outlet for “Invisible” Hands
Migrant workers are often seen as “transient” and separate from everyone else in Singapore. But literary activities like poetry workshops are help…
The Perils of Being an SPG in Jakarta
Working as a sales promotion girl (SPG) is one way for young Indonesian women to earn a decent income, but SPGs say they put up with daily sexual hara…
Leaving Home With No Safety Net
Despite the latest push by Cambodia to send its domestic workers abroad, labour rights advocates say the women being shipped off to countries notoriou…
Cambodia’s Showcase Island
Wealth, hope and heartbreak take shape on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, a cautionary tale for the city and the country.
2017: Southeast Asia’s Year in Review
Human rights, LGBTQ equality and protections for migrant workers—New Naratif's look back on 2017.
