Malaysia resources

QBN Malaysia April-June 2014

There are reportedly 1.8 million documented and 2 million undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia – which represents a third of the country’s total labour force. An estimated 40% of these workers are women. Most migrants are employed in low-skilled and labour intensive jobs as contract workers. Official channels for recruitment exist for 14 Nationalities, including Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. In August 2011, the Government launched the 6P program, which provided a window for irregular migrants to register and obtain amnesty. A campaign to stem irregular migrants and their employers will follow.
QBN Malaysia July-September 2014

There are approximately 2.2 million documented and 1.3 million undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia – representing a third of the country’s total labour force. An estimated 40 per cent of these workers are women. Most migrants are employed in low-skilled and labour intensive jobs as ‘contract workers’. A recent Verite report highlighted conditions in the electronics sector for migrant workers.

Global Action Programme on Migration Domestic Workers and their Families (Project leaflet)

The Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (Migrant Domestic Workers in Action) seeks to address the specific challenges migrant domestic workers face by implementing global advocacy and knowledge development initiatives in five “migration corridors”: Indonesia-Malaysia; Paraguay-Argentina, Nepal-Lebanon; Ukraine-Poland; Zimbabwe-South Africa.

Regional Director's remarks at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters

By Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 22 May 2014

Report - ILO Consultation/Validation Workshop On the Implementation of Mutual Recognition of Skills in ASEAN Countries, 24-26 September 2014, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

Report - ILO Consultation/Validation Workshop On the Implementation of Mutual Recognition of Skills in ASEAN Countries, 24-26 September 2014, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
GMS TRIANGLE Project - International Migrants Day Reflections

International Migrants Day, celebrated on 18 December, marks the adoption of the "International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families". This document outlines the activities that took place to celebrate International Migrants Day in 2013, at the global level and online, coordinated by ILO MIGRANT; and the creative public outreach activities that took place in Thailand, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Lao People's Democratic Republic, supported by the GMS TRIANGLE project.

Green jobs mapping study in Malaysia

The mapping study was conducted to estimate and identify green jobs in Malaysia and identified potential challenges to developing a greener economy with green jobs and decent work.

Employment practices and working conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector

The report, based on the largest survey of working conditions in the Thai fishing sector to date, has been compiled by the ILO’s tripartite project to protect migrant workers within and from the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Asian Research Center for Migration at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Asian Studies.
GMS TRIANGLE Project Update: January 2014

Tripartite Action to Protect Migrant Workers from Labour Exploitation (the GMS TRIANGLE project) aims to strengthen the formulation and implementation of recruitment and labour protection policies and practices. The project is operational in five countries: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam, with activities in China to follow. In each country, governments and social partners are engaged in each of the GMS TRIANGLE project objectives.

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