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Nov 29, 2016 08:38 AM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Policy
Policy brief on the safe migration tools were designed and cascaded to the local level through government officers, their issues and challenges on sharing safe migration at local level.
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Eliza Marks
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Nov 16, 2015 10:12 AM
Author: IOM
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
The report focuses on how migration is shaping cities and how the situation of migrants in cities – how they live, work and shape their habitat – helps to reveal the close connection between human mobility and urban development.The report reveals that nearly one in five of all migrants live in the world’s 20 largest cities and in many of these cities migrants represent over a third or more of the population. According to the report, over 54 per cent of people across the globe were living in urban areas in 2014. The current urban population of 3.9 billion is expected to grow to some 6.4 billion by 2050. Migration is driving much of the increase in urbanization, making cities much more diverse places in which to live.
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 28, 2015 10:25 AM
Author: Akka Rimon and Sophia Kagan
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Information Material
Blog post by Akka Rimon and Sophia Kagan on the Development Policy Centre Blog, DevPolicyBlog
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 29, 2015 05:28 PM
Author:
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Policy
The 8th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour which carried the theme “Empowering the ASEAN Community through Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers” was held on 26-27 October 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Maria Dolores Picot
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Oct 26, 2015 02:10 PM
Author: ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE Project
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) ASEAN TRIANGLE Project, funded by Canada, launched the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in December 2014. The statistical tables presented in this booklet include data on migration and labour migration in the ASEAN region. The sources used include UNDESA, Trends in international migrant stock, Rev. 2013, World Bank, Global Bilateral Migration Database 2015 and the ILMS Database ILOSTAT (Special collections: Migration).
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 23, 2015 09:45 AM
Author: World Bank
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Not Specified.
Migration and Remittances: Recent Developments and Outlook, October 2015
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 23, 2015 09:23 AM
Author: The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Policy
Parliamentarians have a critical role to play to ensure a meaningful, balanced and informed response to migration. They are first of all responsible for adopting adequate laws on migration to give effect to international obligations entered into by the state under the international treaty framework, in particular with respect to human rights norms and labour standards. Parliamentarians, as well as governments, can and should promote fair and effective policies in order to maximize the benefits of migration while addressing the real challenges that host, transit and origin countries and migrants face.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Labour Office and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to their respective mandates, have decided to produce this information tool that should help parliamentarians to achieve the above objective. The handbook offers responses to fundamental questions on migration, such as those concerned with its root causes and possible responses in terms of good policies and practices, as well as the challenges, both for migrants and for countries, in relation to national well-being, development and social cohesion. The handbook proposes a balanced approach to make effective laws and policies that address the human rights of migrants and the governance of migration.
The handbook reflects the long experience of our three cooperating organizations and our constituents worldwide. It contains examples of measures and practices relating to migration that have worked successfully. It is intended to be useful not only for parliamentarians, but also for government officials and civil servants as well as for social partners and civil society. The ultimate objective of this Handbook is to promote fair and rights-based migration policies, aligned with international norms and standards, in the interest of all migrants as well as host, transit and origin countries.
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Eliza Marks
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Dec 09, 2015 10:44 AM
Author: Jenna Holliday
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
This Policy Brief provides an overview of the social protection mechanisms available to women migrant
workers in ASEAN, identifying good practices and making recommendations for improvements. The
Policy Brief highlights the importance of the portability of social protection and the challenges for
women migrant workers in claiming social protection from employers and states. The right to social
protection is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Article 22, and recalled in
the ASEAN Cebu Declaration on Migrant Workers, 2007.1 Since the formation of the International
Labour Organization (ILO) in 1919, there have been 31 Conventions and 24 Recommendations
adopted to make social protection a reality for all. The most recent instrument is the Social Protection
Floor Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), which Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam have already taken measures to
implement. However, the reality of accessing social protection remains especially challenging for
women migrant workers who have different needs to men and often work in undocumented and
informal employment that is rarely covered by government social protection schemes.
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Eliza Marks
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Dec 09, 2015 10:42 AM
Author: Jenna Holliday
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
This Policy Brief considers skills supply and demand in ASEAN in relation to women migrant
workers, making recommendations to policy-makers, development partners, social partners and
civil society that can improve access for women to skills development opportunities and better
jobs. With ASEAN economic integration planning to introduce freer movement of skilled labour,
there is a need to standardize and recognize qualifications and skills across the region to ensure
efficient and mutually beneficial labour migration. Low and medium skilled labour migration is
also predicted to grow, driven by pushes and pulls that result from economic, development and
demographic disparities. As the drivers of economic and job growth continue, the informal sector
is anticipated to shrink, displacing many workers, most of whom are women employed in low
skilled and low paid jobs.1 Better recognition of women’s skills and equal access of women to skills
development and skilled opportunities will ensure that women migrant workers benefit from
ASEAN economic integration rather than fall victim to it.
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Aug 03, 2017 01:13 PM
Author: ILO
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Information Material
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 29, 2015 10:27 AM
Author: Jenna Holliday
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
There has long been a trend to consider the contribution of labour migrants in terms of the economic benefit that they can bring to development. As the autonomous labour migration of women has increased so too has the interest in the development benefit that they bring. This interest has been primarily economic, focusing on how women migrant workers’ remittances – money sent home – can contribute to economic development. This Policy Brief takes a broader view of women’s labour migration in ASEAN and considers both the economic and non-economic contributions that they make. Recognising that women labour migrants face gender specific challenges and barriers, this Policy Brief provides recommendations to policy-makers on how to ensure the potential of women migrant workers is maximized to benefit the individual migrant, her family and her community while avoiding simplifying women migrant workers as tools of economic development.
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 29, 2015 10:30 AM
Author: Jenna Holliday
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
This Policy Brief looks at labour inspection in ASEAN in relation to women migrant workers, making recommendations to policy makers, development partners, employers, workers’ organisations, and civil society on the initiatives needed to ensure the implementation of labour standards for women migrant workers. In seeking to promote and protect the rights of women migrant workers in ASEAN, a strong and effective labour inspectorate is required to ensure that working conditions are in accordance with minimum national standards and are equally applied for men and women, migrant and national workers. Labour inspections are a vital tool for preventing and combatting violations of human rights committed against migrants in the workplace.
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 29, 2015 10:29 AM
Author: Jenna Holliday
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Research
This Policy Brief provides an overview of the data available on women migrant workers in ASEAN, identifying good practices and making recommendations for improvements. The Policy Brief also highlights the importance of reliable and sex-disaggregated data on migrant workers, calling for donors and development partners to ensure that the specific situation of women migrants is monitored and addressed in migration programs in the region. Generating accurate and comparable data allows policy makers to develop policies that are responsive and effective in the promotion and protection of women migrant workers’ rights. Such data also provides evidence on which civil society groups and trade unions can rely in advocating for these rights. Without reliable data specific to women migrant workers, policies risk responding to assumptions or (mis)perceptions on the migration of women, leaving the realities of women migrants’ experiences unaddressed. Accurate and reliable data can shine a light on barriers that prevent women’s access to decent work, the vulnerabilities and risks faced in migrating, and the potential benefits of migration.
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 19, 2015 11:53 AM
Author: ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE project
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Not Specified.
Post-arrival Orientation Programmes include structured orientation programmes facilitated by the host
countries or embassies and consulates of sending countries to the migrant workers upon their arrival at the
destination countries. These programs may be delivered by governments, workers’ organizations,
employers, civil society organization, or a combination of these key stakeholders. Post-arrival orientations
reinforce and contextualize pre-departure orientation training.
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Eliza Marks
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Oct 19, 2015 11:51 AM
Author: ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE project
Publishing Date:
2015
Category: Not Specified.
According to the World Bank the stock of international migrants has been estimated at 247 million in 2013 and it is
expected to surpass 250 million in 2015.1 The number of international migrants in ASEAN has tripled since 1990 to 9.4
million, of which 6.5 million actually come from within ASEAN.2 While for most workers migration is a positive
experience, a significant number of migrant workers, particularly those in low-skilled sectors, may suffer from
exploitation at workplace, for example underpayment, forced to take dangerous jobs with unsafe working conditions,
withholding of salary, illegal salary deductions, contract substitution, and lack of freedom of movement and association, amongst others. While there are continuing efforts from both sending and receiving countries to protect migrant workers, improved systems and interventions that provide protections for migrant workers are urgently required. One means by which migrant sending states can enhance the protection of their nationals working abroad is the appointment and deployment of labour attachés. These officials are usually appointed by the Ministry of Labour (or equivalent) and are part of the diplomatic mission abroad.
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