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Jul 04, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Information Material
This edition of project newsletter highlighted the important recent development, and summarized the project activities undertaken from June to November 2016, including: IOM joining the UN system; China upgraded its observer status and became a member of IOM; Recent national policy developments in China to attract high talent; ILO-ITC-COMPAS Training Workshop on Labour Migration: Challenges and Opportunities; ILO workshop on the scope and potential of China-EU two way labour mobility; Forum on researchers’ mobility for improved migration policies and better information flows; Counter-trafficking workshop on best practices in victim identification and protection; Exchange visit of Chinese high level officials in Europe to explore returns and readmissions mechanisms.
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Apr 13, 2017 03:03 PM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO); UN Women
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Research
Domestic workers, the vast majority of whom are women and girls, make a critical contribution to societies and economies across the world. Still, domestic work is typically not regarded as work and is often excluded from full protection under labour legislation and social security provisions. It is usually carried out for private households, often without clear terms of employment, leaving workers vulnerable to abuse. Furthermore, domestic work is increasingly done by migrant workers, who may be further disadvantaged by restrictive migration laws and difficult recruitment, emigration and admission procedures. While existing research has focused on the extent of legal protection and
employment conditions of migrant domestic workers, research on attitudes and behaviours towards domestic workers is in its nascence.
To obtain more knowledge on the link between attitudes – of both employers and the public – and the working conditions experienced by migrant domestic workers, the ILO and UN Women partnered with the University of Oxford Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) to carry out innovative research in Thailand and Malaysia. The study provides important insights on domestic workers’ perceived role as both family members and workers, and how this affects everything from working hours to wages, freedom of movement and association, and access to social protection. The report concludes with recommendations for policy makers, employers, civil society and the media on how they can contribute to improving the situation of migrant domestic workers in Thailand and Malaysia.
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Aug 03, 2017 12:56 PM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Information Material
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Dec 14, 2016 01:45 PM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Research
This study presents the experiences of women migrant workers in the Thai construction sector and was commissioned to address the knowledge gap on the employment conditions of these workers. The hope of this exploratory study is to pave the way for a broader sectoral assessment of the Thai construction sector. Despite being a vital part of the construction sector, women migrant workers are marginalized within this male-dominated industry. Women work in a precarious working environment with inadequate documentation and where they are not paid or treated equally to men or Thai nationals. This paper identifies specific decent work deficits and gender-specific challenges, and the qualitative findings and centrality of workers’ voices in the study’s design and findings shed crucial light on the experience of migrant women workers in the construction industry.
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Dec 21, 2016 01:27 PM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Information Material
This publication presents the info-graphic for the working conditions and attitudes experienced by women migrant domestic workers in Thailand and Malaysia.
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Apr 23, 2019 06:22 PM
Author: Migrant Forum in Asia
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Research
A broad coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), including migrant, labour rights organisations and trade unions from across Asia came together for the Asia Civil Society Day (ACSD) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ahead of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). The ACSD served as Asia civil society process as part of the People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (PGA) as well as CSO mobilization around the 2016 GFMD.
Migrant Forum in Asia organized the ACSD together with Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), Mekong Migration Network (MMN), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Arab Network for Migrants Rights (ANMR), CARAM Asia, International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), ASEAN Services Employees Trade Union Council (ASETUC), South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC), ASEAN Task Force on Migrant Workers, UNI Asia Pacific Regional Office (UNI-APRO), and Public Services International (PSI).
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Jan 09, 2017 09:46 AM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Research
Many countries around the world are at the onset of a care crisis: with the ageing of the population, and continually increasing rates of female labour participation, families are increasingly turning to domestic workers to care for their homes, children, and ageing parents. While an increasing share of domestic work is part of the formal economy, domestic work remains one of the sectors with the highest share of informal employment. This new ILO report calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.
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Dec 01, 2016 05:40 AM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Project and Programme
Project brief
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Aug 02, 2017 05:40 PM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Information Material
Welcome to the 1st issue of the newsletter of the Combatting Unacceptable Forms of Work in the Thai Fishing and Seafood Industry Project funded by EU - also known as the Ship to Shore Rights Project.
In this issue you will find the following topics:
• Supporting focused labour enforcement
• ILO Director General Guy Ryder hears Thai Tuna President at U.N.
• Broad-based labour consensus at ILO/BSCI event
• Next Steps on Legal Framework: Gap Analyses on Forced Labour and Work in Fishing Conventions
• Revising Good Labour Practices (GLP) for 2017
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Nov 30, 2016 04:22 AM
Author: AP Migration Team
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: CoP Product
November edition of the AP Migration Community Update, highlighting news, updates and resources from our network.
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Nov 30, 2016 02:26 AM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Research
This report is part of a broader ILO strategy to promote Decent Work for Domestic Workers. It builds on knowledge generated in the context of the European Union-funded Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (2013–2016).
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Nov 15, 2016 09:39 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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Jan 22, 2017 05:09 PM
Author: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Information Material
This note details key demographic dynamics already impacting the future of work as well as two significant trends in the labour market – unpaid work and labour migration – that create global policy opportunities in light of those demographic changes.
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Aug 21, 2018 09:27 AM
Author: Mathias Czaika and Christopher R. Parsons
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Policy
Faced with a limited domestic supply of certain skills and occupations, national governments increasingly vie to attract talent to respond to immediate and long-term labor requirements and skill shortages. At the center of this global contest for talent are the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that his-torically have attracted the largest proportion of high-skilled migrants. Increasingly, highly developed destinations are rede-signing their immigration regimes, with two-thirds of OECD nations having implemented, or in the process of imple-menting, policies specifically aiming to attract high-skilled migrants. While they have been doing so, the countries of the OECD have witnessed an unprecedented rise of 70 per cent in the number of tertiary-educated migrants to 35 million, between the last two census rounds in 2000 and 2010. High-skilled migrants are motivated to move internationally by myriad factors, and therefore the efficacy of nation states’ high-skill immigration policies remain highly contested. Academics have argued that factors such as skill premia and cultural proximity or indeed broader economic and social factors play far more important roles in attracting human capital than do specific immigration policies. To date, scant empirical evidence exists on the efficacy of immigrant-selection policies. This brief introduces the results from the first judicious cross-country assessment of such policies.
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Aug 21, 2018 09:48 AM
Author: Priyanka Debnath
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Policy
Return migration is an integral and significant element in the cycle of international migration. In recent years, it has received increased focus from host and origin countries because both groups are interested in leveraging return migration to their economic advantage. Despite this growing attention, limited research has been conducted to understand the decision-making dynamics behind migrants’ returning to their home countries and the effectiveness of policies and programs in their reintegration process. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the contribution of the returnees to their origin countries and the roles that countries of origin can play in facilitating return migration for their economic development.
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