asia / China

This women from Hunan province is packing cotton glovesHWW has a number of contacts in China who have identified many different kinds of homebased work. We have worked with the Women’s Federation, Hunan Province, to carry out a survey of homework in villages of the area and with smaller groups in other parts of China.

In Hong Kong, there are a number of NGOs working on labour issues, particularly in relation to workers in the export industry in China, including the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Council and Asia Monitor Resource Centre.