Events and training on labour migration

April 2017

  1. The Publication Workshop: Fourth-year Evaluation of Recruitment Agencies’ Compliance with the VAMAS Code of Conduct

    17 April 2017

    This workshop is to recognize and publicize the rating (evaluation) of 88 recruitment agencies’ compliance with the VAMAS’s Code of Conduct.

March 2016

  1. Regional South-South Cooperation Seminar on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean Region

    8 - 10 March 2016

    Regional Seminar attended by ILO constituents and other stakeholders from 5 countries from Latin American and the Caribbean aiming at encouraging collaborative actions based on social dialogue and geared to promoting well-governed labour mobility within the protection framework of international human and international labour standards.

January 2016

  1. Mission on the ILO Project “Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR)”

    10 - 15 January 2016

    Ms Helene Harroff-Tavel, Ms Alix Nasri and Mr Guy Tchami from ILO Geneva will conduct a mission in the Philippines to meet with relevant stakeholders for ILO’s new labour migration project. The six-day mission will include consultations with Philippine government agencies, trade unions, employers organizations, civil society organizations, cooperatives and media agencies in order to introduce the project’s Philippine components and collect inputs regarding the project design and strategy.

November 2015

  1. Working together to promote human rights due diligence and protect workers’ rights during recruitment

    16 November 2015

April 2015

  1. Paraguay-Argentina Bi-national Workshop: Strategies for Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families

    8 - 9 April 2015

    64 participants from Argentina and Paraguay discussed and exchanged experiences in promoting and defending the rights of migrant domestic workers at the bi-national workshop on Strategies for Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in Paraguay-Argentina organized under the auspices of the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW).

December 2014

  1. Domestic Workers’ Rights Awareness Campaign in Paraguay

    1 December 2014

    Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security and domestic workers’ organizations of Paraguay with the support of the ILO Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW) launched a campaign to promote domestic workers' rights and to improve compliance with the national law.

October 2014

  1. Dignity, Rights and Domestic Work in Arab states: Technical workshop on challenges and good practices

    11 - 13 October 2014

    The ILO’s flagship projects on labour migration and decent work for domestic workers hold a technical workshop to showcase the challenges, opportunities and outcomes stemming from its innovative activities in the region.

  2. Tri-National Workers Workshop: Towards Promotion of Decent Work for Migrant Domestic Workers along the Lesotho-Zimbabwe-South Africa Corridor

    10 - 11 October 2014

    Trade unions and domestic workers’ organizations from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho developed a common action plan and a strategy to promote migrant domestic workers’ rights at the tri-national workshop, organized in the framework of the EU funded Global Action Programme for Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW).

September 2014

  1. Regional Communication and Advocacy Workshop for Domestic Workers in Latin America

    22 - 26 September 2014

    Representatives of 20 domestic workers’ organizations attended the regional workshop on Strengthening Labour Rights and Social Protection with a view to strengthen their national capacities and mobilize for domestic and migrant domestic workers’ rights.

June 2014

  1. Obstacles to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon unveiled at report launch

    13 June 2014

    The ILO and local NGO Caritas share findings of a landmark report on the legal, procedural and institutional challenges facing migrant domestic workers seeking justice in Lebanon.