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Nov 15, 2016 02:39 PM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Policy
The 9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour on the theme “Better Quality of Life for
ASEAN Migrant Workers through Strengthened Social Protection” was held on 9-10
November 2016 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Representatives of the governments,
employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, and civil society organizations from
ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, International Labour Organization
(ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), ASEAN Confederation of
Employers (ACE), ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC), ASEAN Services Employees
Trade Union Council (ASETUC), and the Task Force for ASEAN Migrant Workers
(TFAMW) participated in the Forum. Representatives of the Government of Australia,
the Government of Canada and the Government of Switzerland were present as
observers.
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Dec 11, 2020 06:37 PM
Author: ASEAN Viet Nam 2020
Publishing Date:
2020
Category: Policy
Viet Nam, as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, hosted the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, and online on 10 and 12 November 2020. In response to the theme of ASEAN Chair 2020 “Cohesive and Responsive” and taking into account the current situation of COVID-19, the 13th AFML was organized with the theme “Supporting Migrant Workers during the Pandemic for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN Community”. Under this theme two subthemes were defined: Sub-theme 1. Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers and Responses in ASEAN, and Sub-theme 2. Cohesive and Responsive Labour Migration Policy for Future Preparedness in ASEAN.
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Oct 19, 2010 08:51 AM
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Traces the changes in the functions of the foreign workers programme over time, its impact on Taiwan’s labour market, and the lessons that other economies could learn from this experience.
Jakarta Post, Opinion - 26 November 2012. Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, discusses the Indonesian government's management of overseas labour policy.
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Oct 23, 2018 08:58 AM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is a regional tripartite platform to discuss issues faced by women and men migrant workers from and within ASEAN.
The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is a regional tripartite platform to discuss issues faced by women and men migrant workers from and within ASEAN.
The ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers (Cebu Declaration) was adopted by the ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) in 2007 in Cebu, the Philippines. The Cebu Declaration shows the AMS’ commitment to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in the region. In order to advance the principles of the Cebu Declaration, the AFML was established to provide an open platform for governments, employers, workers and civil society organizations to discuss complex and regional labour migration issues. Ten AFMLs have been held to date. This publication contains information on the establishment of the AFML, past themes, and the Recommendations adopted at the 3rd–10th AFMLs, showing progress being made toward the implementation of the Cebu Declaration.
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Mar 13, 2020 07:04 AM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Policy
The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is a regional tripartite platform to discuss issues faced by women and men migrant workers from and within ASEAN. The ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers (Cebu Declaration) was adopted by the ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) in 2007 in Cebu, the Philippines. The Cebu Declaration shows the AMS’ commitment to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in the region. In order to advance the principles of the Cebu Declaration, the AFML was established to provide an open platform for governments, employers, workers, and civil society organizations to discuss complex and regional labour migration issues. Twelve AFMLs have been held to date. This publication contains information on the establishment of the AFML, past themes, and the Recommendations adopted at the 3rd–12th AFMLs, showing progress being made toward the implementation of the Cebu Declaration. This background information booklet provides an overview of the AFML process, and is a product of the International Labour Organization (ILO) TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme, a partnership between the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Global Affairs Canada, and the ILO.
This is an ILO-sponsored online multi-stakeholder community of practice, connecting people passionate about migration and anti human trafficking issues in the Asia/ Pacific Region.
Speakers:
Andrew Bruce, Regional Director, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bandita Sijapati, Research Director, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Social Science Baha, Nepal
Roberta Clarke, Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office, Bangkok
Abdul Latiff Mohamed Lafeer, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Sri Lanka, Bangkok
H.E. Dato' Nazirah binti Hussain, Ambassador of Malaysia to Thailand
Moderator:
Rabab Fatima, Regional Coordinator and Adviser for South and South West Asia/Regional Advisor for Climate Change and Migration, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
In an era of unprecedented human mobility, migration from and within the Asia-Pacific region has assumed gendered dimensions, with implications for migration flows, trends, and patterns. While gender roles, inequalities, and relations affect who migrates, it also has significant implications for women migrant workers themselves. Migration can provide opportunities to improve their lives and that of their families, and offer avenues for greater autonomy and empowerment. However, it can also expose women migrants to different types of vulnerabilities, discrimination, and risk. This Issue in Brief looks at the emerging trends in women’s labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related opportunities and challenges.
Please join the International Organization for Migration and the Migration Policy Institute at a breakfast briefing to discuss these critical issues and launch the Issue in Brief, Women’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges, the twelfth in this joint-publication series offering succinct insights on migration issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region today.
The Rajanakarn Building is a short walk from the Chong Nongsi BTS station and is right beside the Ascott Sathorn building and Empire Tower.
To RSVP please contact Sabira Coelho by email: AP-Events@iom.int or by phone: (02) 343-9423.
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Jan 27, 2011 05:18 AM
Author: Bali Process
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Project and Programme
The Bali Process brings Governments together to work on practical measures to help combat people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crimes in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
The Daily Star, Singapore, 29 March 2019 - Migrants are often said to have built the imposing city of Singapore, making up around a quarter of its workforce, but are arguably not yet considered part of Singaporean society. For migrant worker Md Sharif Uddin, that he would have a book published in Singapore and win an award for it at a ceremony where he was seated on the very chair Lee Kuan Yew used to sit, was unthinkable.
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Jan 26, 2015 03:14 AM
Author: SocDem Asia Quarterly
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
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Nov 24, 2019 09:25 AM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
The ILO’s Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment conducted a fair recruitment pilot for migrants in the garment sector moving through the Nepal-Jordan corridor in 2017-18, during which a fair recruitment agency sent 130 female Nepali workers to four garment factories in Jordan. Tufts University carried out an impact assessment of the pilot between April 2017 and November 2918. As the ILO’s first impact assessment of a fair recruitment initiative, the research showcases the benefits fair recruitment practices for both workers and employers, and builds evidence to further promote change in recruitment practices globally.
Today, Singapore, 29 January 2022 - When Covid-19-induced travel restrictions temporarily eased early last year, Ms Shamalee, 42, decided to book a flight back to Sri Lanka in April last year to see her mother.
Today, Singapore, 17 July 2021 - Looking out from the window of his dormitory in Admiralty, migrant worker Hasan cannot help but feel jealous when he sees residents in the area meeting friends or going out for a breath of fresh air in the park.
Channel News Asia, Singapore, 29 March 2021 - On most days, Mr Al Amin, a foreign worker who hails from Bangladesh, leaves for work at 7am and returns to his dormitory room at around 8pm.
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