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A new Migrant Worker Resource Centre inaugurated in Bokeo Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls, in collaboration with Bokeo Lao Federation of Trade Unions, opened a Migrant Worker Resource Centre in Bokeo, a...
COVID-19
Soft launching of the updated labour inspection guidelines in Thailand
A guide for labour inspectors is aimed to improve labour inspection services as a whole, with attention to women migrant workers, domestic workers, forced labour, and violence and harassment in the workplace.
Trade union manual
Organizing women migrant workers: Handout compendium
This handout compendium is meant to be used with the training manual "Organizing women migrant workers: Manual for trade unionists in ASEAN".
Trade union manual
Organizing women migrant workers: Manual for trade unionists in ASEAN
This training manual was produced in collaboration between ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region, a joint programme of the International Labour...
Press release
Reaching migrant workers in Thailand amid the tighter lockdown measure as COVID-19 cases surge
The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, reached out to migrant workers amid the tighter lockdown measure as COVID-19 cases surge.
In Thailand, preventing trafficking in persons before it begins
Trafficking is a grave violation of human rights and a form of violence against girls and women, including women migrant workers. Under the global EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls, the joint ILO-UN Women Safe...
News
Celebrating the anniversary of the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) for a world of work free from gender-based...
A wide range of stakeholders came together on 24 June 2021 to discuss steps taken, lessons learned and paths forward towards eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative.
Labour migration
Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration during the pandemic, and remigration plans (Second...
This study – conducted from mid-October to December 2020 – is a follow-up to the initial assessment undertaken in March and April 2020.
Press release
Ensuring the protection of Indonesian migrant workers through the integration of Gender Responsive Migrant Worker Resources Center (MRC)...
The Integrated Gender Responsive Migrant Workers Resource Centre (MRC), which has integrated MRC with LTSA services, aims to increase the protection of Indonesian migrant workers, prospective migrant workers and their families in Cirebon district....
Public attitudes towards migrant workers in Thailand
In 2019 the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative’s Safe and Fair (ILO and UN Women) and TRIANGLE in ASEAN (ILO) projects conducted a survey of 4,099 nationals.
Message of support at the #WOMENOFWSCANDOIT 2021 Training Induction Programme (TIP) for women Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
By Ms Ma. Concepcion Sardaña, Senior Programme Officer on behalf of Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the #WOMENOFWSCANDOIT 2021 Training Induction Programme (TIP) for women Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), 23...
Our impact, their voices
From migrant worker to labour unionist
Learning from her exploitative experiences as a migrant domestic worker, Dina Nuriyati has become a tireless labour advocate and unionist, promoting better protection and services for Indonesian migrant workers in all cycles of migration.
“I learnt what my rights are as a domestic worker”
On this International Labour Day, Justice Without Border (JWB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), through Safe and Fair Programme, share Josephine’s story to raise awareness on the challenges women face in labor migration and the...
This is what leadership looks like: Nan Zar Ni Myint is empowering a network of Myanmar domestic workers in Thailand
Women have been hit harder by the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic as more women work in low-paying, insecure and informal jobs. This includes migrant domestic workers. Nan Zar Ni Myint is a domestic worker from Myanmar and a volunteer...
Labour migration
Media-friendly glossary on migration: Women migrant workers and ending violence against women (EVAW) edition
This glossary serves as a guide for journalists, researchers, practitioners and others who conduct trainings or write about women’s labour migration and violence against women.
The International Migrant Day 2020
Building stronger solidarity and partnership for safer and fairer labour migration under the new normal
In conjunction with the commemoration of the International Migrant Day 2020, Safe and Fair programme conducted public dialogue and seminar to better protect migrant workers, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safe and fair migration
Opening address at the culminating event of the Safe and Fair Days of Activism, and the celebration of International Migrants Day 2020
By Ms Ma. Concepcion Sardana, Senior Programme Officer delivered on behalf of Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the culminating event of the Safe and Fair Days of Activism, and the celebration of International...
Mobile women and mobile phones: Women migrant workers’ use of information and communication technologies in ASEAN
The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls) undertook a qualitative...
Making women migrant workers count: Sex disaggregation of labour migration statistics in ASEAN (2019 data)
The International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in ASEAN has been published annually since December 2014. In validating, annotating and gathering information from relevant surveys and administrative records produced in ASEAN, ILMS...
Making Migration Safe and Fair for Women Workers
Women play a central role in Myanmar society and its economic development and it is our hope that together we can ensure that the contributions of Myanmar’s migrant women – home and abroad – are applauded, recognised and acknowledged, and that we...