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ANROAV Annual Conference November 4 to 7, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Tuesday, 19 September 2006 |
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Role and Importance of the Grassroots OSH Movement in promotion of workers Safety in Asia
The ANROAV Annual Conference of 2006 is dedicated to Vijay Kanhere - a renowned OSH activist and active ANROAV advisor, who passed away on June 20, 2006.
Background
Occupational health and safety continued to be one of the key concerns in the Asian region in the year 2005. The ILO, in its XVIIth Congress in Florida, in September 2005 also impressed upon the need for urgent intervention in this area. The ILO also increased its global mortality figure from 2 million to 2.2 million annually due to work related reasons. Asia continues to be one of the major contributors for these statistics with China and India estimated to have majority of these fatalities, not only in sheer numbers but also in terms of rate. However, reporting continues to be one of major problematic areas in Asia, as underlined by the ILO. China reported only 12,736 (14% of the estimate) accidents in the year 2001 whereas ILO estimates the figure to be somewhere around 90,295 and India was even worse in terms of reporting as they reported merely 222 (0.55% of the estimate) accidents out of the estimated 40133 fatal accidents. Rest of Asia reports only 3051(4%) out of the 76886 estimated accidents. This figures show the gross negligence and severity and extent of underreporting in this region. This unfortunately is just the tip of the iceberg as majority of fatality at the workplace are due to Occupational diseases and that have a far less chance to be reported. OSH problems in Asia continue to be neglected and treated with utmost apathy by the respective governments in the region.
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A brief introduction to Vijay Kanhere |
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
 This is a an inroduction to vijay kanhare written by himself. Littel did we know that we would use it after his demise.
I was born in 1951. I am the fourth child of Manorama Kanhere and Purushottam Kanhere. My mother had studied only up to the seventh standard before her marriage. My father had a post graduate degree in Sanskrit and also a law degree. He was a teacher. My mother later studied and completed her graduation when she was fifty-one years old. All through she was working outside the home as a teacher and inside the home as the mother of five children. She studied after her seventh standard as an external student. I grew up later in Tarapore, (now it is urbanized and there is an atomic energy plant and many industries there) a small village then. After my father resigned from high school there, we came to Thane and Dombivli- suburbs of Mumbai. Up to the fifth standard I studied in government schools. My mother was a teacher in a high school and I got admitted there in the fifth grade.
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Vjiay Kanhare passes away |
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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Vjiay Kanhare passed away this morning in Mumbai. He had suffered a heart attack a few days ago, and had undergone an angioplasty procedure. Vijay was an activist beyond compare who had dedicated his life to the cause of the working class. He was an inspiration to all those who came in contact with him, a ray of hope to many, a pillar of strength to many more. A man who personified selflessness.
His memory shall live on in our hearts, but we will miss his infectious smile, and dedication to the cause.
Our heartfelt condolences to his family in this time of grief. |
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