Labour migration
Journalists share experience in communicating labour migration
The two-day event aims to promote safe labour migration through sharing journalists’ experience and skills in reporting the issues.
DONG HOI, QUANG BINH (ILO News) – More than 30 journalists across Viet Nam sat down together today to discuss labour migration issues at a workshop co-organized by ILO and the Viet Nam Journalists’ Association (VJA) in the central province of Quang Binh.
The two-day event aims to promote safe labour migration through sharing journalists’ experience and skills in reporting the issues.
Praising the media’s increasingly important role in the modern society, including labour migration, VJA Standing Vice Chairman Ha Minh Hue however said they can be a two-edged sword.
“The media can significantly promote labour migration issues if they are well equipped with essential skills,” he explained. “Otherwise, they can mislead the audience, resulting in misunderstandings which affect the Government, employers and workers.”
Reporter Nguyen Thu Uyen of Cong an Nhan dan (People’s Public Security) Newspaper said she hoped to earn more knowledge and skills to better her reporting labour migration while many other journalists expected to build up their professional network through the event.
Major issues that were and will be brought to discussion at the workshop include social insurance for cross-border migrant workers, exploitation and discrimination against this group and the correct usage of popular terms around this type of employment. The event also looks at the rights of migrant workers in international laws and complaint mechanism for migrant workers.
After the Media Award in Labour and Employment earlier, the “Media Workshop on Safe Labour Migration” is the second event of the year co-organized by ILO and VJA to highlight the role of journalists and enhance their skills in communicating labour rights.
The two-day event aims to promote safe labour migration through sharing journalists’ experience and skills in reporting the issues.
Praising the media’s increasingly important role in the modern society, including labour migration, VJA Standing Vice Chairman Ha Minh Hue however said they can be a two-edged sword.
“The media can significantly promote labour migration issues if they are well equipped with essential skills,” he explained. “Otherwise, they can mislead the audience, resulting in misunderstandings which affect the Government, employers and workers.”
Reporter Nguyen Thu Uyen of Cong an Nhan dan (People’s Public Security) Newspaper said she hoped to earn more knowledge and skills to better her reporting labour migration while many other journalists expected to build up their professional network through the event.
Major issues that were and will be brought to discussion at the workshop include social insurance for cross-border migrant workers, exploitation and discrimination against this group and the correct usage of popular terms around this type of employment. The event also looks at the rights of migrant workers in international laws and complaint mechanism for migrant workers.
After the Media Award in Labour and Employment earlier, the “Media Workshop on Safe Labour Migration” is the second event of the year co-organized by ILO and VJA to highlight the role of journalists and enhance their skills in communicating labour rights.