Who we are
The Asian Solidarity Economy Council is the Asian hub for enhancing the responsibilities of stakeholders in co-creating a compassionate, solidarity economy. It brings together 18 national and continental networks in 21 countries of Asia.
Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hongkong SAR – China, Japan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka.
• Dew Crafts/ Bangladesh
• ASSEFA/ India
• Parinaama/ India
• NAFAN/ Nepal
• Fair Trade/ Nepal
• HOMENet/ Thailand
• HOMENet/ Philippines
• HOMENet/ Cambodia
• ASKA/ Philippines
• PAKISAMA/ Philippines
• Pacific Asia Resource Center/ Japan
• Hong Kong Baptist University/ Hong Kong
• University of Phillpines/ Philippines
• Yayasan Bina Swadaya/ Indonesia
• OA Organic Farm/ Malaysia
• APPGM-SDG/ Malaysia
• LEADS/ Sri Lanka
• Sarvodaya/ Sri Lanka
News from Asia—
RIPESS at the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development (WFLED)
RIPESS is participating in the VI World Forum on Local Economic Development, which will take place from 1 to 4 April 2025 in Seville, to bring the perspective of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE), which is key to ecofeminist local economic development with inclusive financial mechanisms that prioritise social justice. Two years ago, in April 2023, the first UN Resolution [...]
Care and those who provide it, the basis of life… And of the social solidarity economy
Published in Spanish in the newspaper El Salto and on the website of REAS red de redes. In the framework of the feminist mobilisations on #8M, and as highlighted in the recent Intergenerational Dialogue on Care and Social Solidarity Economy, organised by the Gender Commission of RIPESS, care is not only an individual responsibility, but a collective and public issue. [...]
Takeaways from Intergenerational Dialogue to Promote Care and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Success at the meeting organized by the RIPESS Gender Commission, with more than 300 registered participants. https://youtu.be/OlqPw8GYAvg https://youtu.be/OlqPw8GYAvg On 29 January, it was held the intergenerational dialogue ‘And for you, what is care?’ . The first webinar of the year on care and the Social Solidarity Economy was organised by the Gender Commission of RIPESS Intercontinental and in collaboration with [...]
