Labour Migration Information Sharing Session

A two-day labour migration information sharing session was convened by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Labour and Social Security, to review and update the national draft labour migration policy and validate progress in the Migrant Doemstic Workers Global Action Programme which Zimbabwe is part of. Over 40 participants from a range of ministries, international organisations (IOM), social partners and the IFRC EU funded project on trafficking and Migrant Domestic Workers attend the event. Anew timeframe for completion of the draft policy by end of 2015 was supported. Various presentations were given y ILO specialists on the following topics: "Global, regional and sub-regional policy frameworks on labour migration"; "BLAs on Labour Migration: Examples of good practice” ; “Convention 189 on Domestic Workers”; "The Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and its achievements”.