All events: migrant workers + international migration + irregular migration + migration policy + return migration + labour migration + refugees

Geneva Peace Week 2022

Promoting international labour standards and decent work for social justice, peace and resilience

The in-person workshop is organized by the ILO in collaboration with the ITUC, IOE and the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP).

15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

“Resumption of Labour Migration and Regional Cooperation”

Africa-Arab States fellowship for journalism students in labour migration reporting

The ILO FAIRWAY programme has conducted back-to-back activities in Uganda and Jordan for journalism students and recent graduates of four universities: Makerere University (Uganda), Uganda Christian University (Uganda), Yarmouk University (Jordan)...

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Eighth Technical Meeting of Focal Points on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN

The International Labour Organization (ILO) holds the Eighth Technical Meeting of Focal Points on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN on 29 and 30 September 2022. The meeting is supported by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through the...

Improving recruitment regulation

Improving recruitment regulation and monitoring mechanisms in the ASEAN region

Recruitment regulatory officials from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines participated in the training on “Achieving Fair and Ethical Recruitment: Improving Regulation and Enforcement in the ASEAN Region” held on 27-29 September...

Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees: Skills and Labour Market Transitions in Contexts of Fragility

The United Nations Transforming Education Summit - TES: Solutions Day aims to mobilize collective actions and initiatives around Thematic Action Tracks - that require greater attention and action to accelerate progress on the education 2030 Agenda...

Online webinar

Labour Inspection in the Context of Domestic Work Sector

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, this webinar aims to adopt a strengthened regional approach to meet the needs of women migrant workers and social partners, and better protection from violence and abuses. It will focus on...

ILO and UNHCR discuss further promoting decent work in the context of forced displacement

Representatives from the MENA region reflect on partnership to promote decent work and ways to develop new phase of collaboration.

Report launch

A very beautiful but heavy jacket: The experiences of migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in...

Understanding the diversity of experiences requires recognition that migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) also have other characteristics - such as ethnicity, gender, nationality - that shape their...

“Resumption of Labour Migration and Regional Cooperation”

National Tripartite Preparatory Workshops for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

National tripartite preparatory workshops for the 15th AFML will be held in several ASEAN Member States to take stock on the progress of stakeholders in implementing the previous AFML recommendations and to discuss the theme of the 15th AFML.

Migrant rights protection

Migrant rights protection through training and knowledge enhancement of Trade Unions

The ILO, Sri Lanka under its Safe Labour Migration Project (Phase IV) jointly with the HELVETAS, Sri Lanka conducted a consultation on “training manual and tool-kit development” for the trade union members on 12 August 2022. A fruitful discussion...

ILO India hosts first 'Consultation on Labour Migration: Advancing resilient, inclusive and sustainable policies and institutions in India'

The two-day event sought to promote labour migration as a key lever in achieving Decent Work for All.

Fair and ethical recruitment

Forum on “Fair and ethical recruitment in the Philippine labour migration governance through the lens of the recruitment industry”

Recruitment associations and agencies shared their insights during the forum “Fair and ethical recruitment in the Philippine labour migration governance through the lens of the recruitment industry” on 26 July 2022 in Makati City.

Workshop

PCCMHS programme research round up

Shaping attitudes and perceptions: Narratives on labour migration in shaping perceptions

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, in collaboration with UNODC, this webinar aims to share experiences of campaigning to build positive narratives on labour migration, women migrants' roles as agents of change who...

Roundtable Discussion: Access to justice for recruitment-related abuses

Knowledge sharing workshop on the development of skills partnerships on migration in Central Africa

The International Labour Organization and the Economic Community of Central African States organized a virtual exchange workshop for the development of partnerships for skills and migration in Central Africa on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting#2

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and South East Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this process,...

Job fairs in Kenya provide information on safe migration

The FAIRWAY Programme contributed support to Kenya’s Ministry of Labour and the National Employment Authority (NEA) to conduct a job fair in Mombasa (26 -28 June 2022) to provide information on safe and regular migration, including to the Middle...

Preventing exploitation and ensuring decent work for refugees from Ukraine

In this webinar organised by ILO, ETUC and La Strada International, we aim to gather the respective perspectives and experiences of relevant actors at the international, European, and selected national levels, NGOs, employers’ and workers’...