The ILO's mandate requires it to reach out to those who are most vulnerable, who face great insecurity and for whom the denial of social justice is most cruel. They are often hard to reach, and yet they are great in number. The example of domestic workers shows what can be done. The ILO must also give priority to...migrant workers."
Mr. Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
in his Vision Statement
18 March 2012
The creative blog BITMIGRANT highlights practical tools for financial education identified in the framework of the ILO project entitled "Good Governance of Labour Migration and its link to development in Mali, Mauritania and Senegal".
18 April 2011
This interregional training activity aims at providing advanced knowledge and enhancing the capacity of key migration actors to better understand labour migration challenges and opportunities in a changing global political, economic and social context. In addition to general sessions such as a daily plenary forum focusing on key topics that constitute the foundations for the training programme, the Academy offers parallel elective courses on good labour migration governance, protection of migrant workers, and migration and development.
31 August 2009
In 2009, Bahrain adopted the strongest sponsorship reform in the region by permitting migrant workers to change employment without their employer’s consent and in the absence of allegations of nonpayment of wages or abuse. Majeed al Alawi, the minister of labor in Bahrain, likened the kafala (sponsorship) system to slavery when justifying the reform.
30 September 2008
Governments from 38 countries, trade unions, employers’ organizations, the private sector, civil society organizations including women’s and religious associations, academe and international organizations adopted a Manila Call to Action here to enhance opportunities and protect the rights of migrant women and their families all over the world.