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Employment forum provides one-stop service for returned Cambodian migrant workers with jobs, skills and social protection
Employment forum offers 1,000 job opportunities and provides career guidance, training opportunities and labour market information to migrant returnees, particularly women and youth jobseekers.
EU-ILO training
Malaysian government officials strengthen skills to negotiate bilateral labour migration agreements
Training, delivered with the support from the European Union (EU) through the PROTECT project, draws on international labour standards and global guidance to strengthen protections for migrant workers, including women workers.
New digital tool helps Malaysian employers strengthen occupational safety and health
A safe and healthy workplace is a fundamental right. In Malaysia, a new digital tool is helping employers assess risks, strengthen compliance, and extend that protection to every worker.
ILO-UNODC Partnership
Joint initiative strengthens protection for Indonesian women migrant workers
A joint ILO-UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) initiative under the EU-funded PROTECT project is building capacity and coordination to counter trafficking and exploitation across five Indonesian districts with high levels of labour...
Civil society organizations strengthen cross-border protection for women migrant workers and children in South-East Asia
While trafficking and exploitative recruitment operate across borders, protection efforts often remain fragmented. The PROTECT Regional Civil Society Forum, organized by the ILO in collaboration with UN Women, UNICEF and UNODC, brought frontline...
Labour migration
Thailand strengthens capacity of early-career labour inspectors to better protect workers in hard-to-reach sectors
Labour inspectors gained practical skills to strengthen worker protection and address forced labour risks in fishing, agriculture and domestic work.
Domestic workers
Thailand pilots strategic compliance planning to strengthen protection for domestic workers
A new strategic compliance planning approach, developed by Thailand’s Department of Labour Protection and Welfare with support from the ILO through the EU-funded PROTECT project, is helping strengthen protection for domestic workers from reactive...
RFQ PROTECT 2/2026
Assessment of the implementation of the Indonesia – Malaysia Memorandum of Understanding on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian...
The overall purpose of the assessment is to review the implementation and effectiveness of the 2022 MoU to identify opportunities to strengthen its operational effectiveness and protection outcomes.
ILO in action
A migrant domestic worker’s journey to empowerment
Champa is a Myanmar domestic worker in Thailand. She started her journey with having little awareness about her rights, to leading Thailand’s network of migrant domestic workers.
Finding their voices: Cambodian domestic workers speak up for rights
Through the Association of Domestic Workers (ADW) and the EU-funded PROTECT project, domestic workers in Cambodia are strengthening their voice, dignity and collective power.
Protect women migrants and children
Dialogues focus on reintegration support for women migrant workers and children in Cambodia
EU-funded PROTECT Project supports coordinated action to protect and reintegrate returning women migrant workers and children.
Labour migration
Domestic workers in Malaysia strengthen collective push for a weekly day off
Domestic worker leaders and civil society organizations are stepping up collective advocacy to secure a 24-hour weekly day off as a labour right for all domestic workers in Malaysia.
Labour migration
From the production floor to collective action
In Malaysia’s electronics sector, women migrant workers are coming together to build leadership, confidence and a shared voice at work.
News
Empowering Thai employers to champion migrant workers’ rights and protection
Employers in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, build skills to deliver post-arrival migrant worker training on labour rights and occupational safety and health.
International Migrants Day
Indonesia amplifies women migrant workers’ voices and cross border solidarity for fair recruitment and violence-free workplaces
The ILO and its partners support the Government of Indonesia in promoting the protection of migrant workers’ rights and advancing gender‑responsive labour migration governance.
Labour migration
ILO delivers critical support to returning Cambodian migrant workers
Rapid assistance offers a lifeline to returning Cambodian migrants, providing wage recovery, reintegration support and safe migration information.
Labour migration
New ILO report shows how Migrant Worker Resource Centres empower and protect migrant workers
The report highlights effective approaches to improving migrant worker support across the South-East Asia region.
PROTECT project
Strengthening accountability and protection for migrant workers in Thailand’s construction sector
Migrant worker volunteers are helping their peers learn about labour rights, entitlements, healthcare, and protection from gender-based violence across Thailand’s construction sites.
PROTECT
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Protecting the rights of women migrant workers and migrant children in South-East Asia
PROTECT
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Protecting the rights of women migrant workers and migrant children in South-East Asia