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January 2022
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Our impact, their voices
Breaking Stereotypes
10 January 2022
Rural women in Kyrgyzstan are successfully developing their own businesses at home instead of migrating abroad.
September 2021
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Statement
Towards Sustainable Food Systems: the Critical Role of Migrants
23 September 2021
On the occasion of the Food Systems Summit, the UN Network on Migration has issued a statement calling for migrants to be considered as a critical part of food systems, as contributors to food security in need of decent work
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ILO in action
Entrepreneurship skills for Venezuelan migrants and refugees
15 September 2021
ILO Chief technical advisor, María Olave, explains how the ILO has provided entrepreneurship training to Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador and Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over five million Venezuelans have become refugees and migrants in recent years, the majority of whom are living in neighbouring countries in Latin America.
December 2020
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Labour migration
Who are the women on the move? A portrait of female migrant workers
18 December 2020
The international migration of women, either together with their family or on their own, is an increasingly important and complex phenomenon but remains insufficiently documented owing to a lack of data. New ILOSTAT data offer some insights on the profile of women looking for work and better opportunities abroad.
July 2020
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COVID-19 and the World of work
COVID-19 pandemic and Migrant workers: What role for Trade Unions?
30 July 2020
There are 164 millions migrant workers around the world and they have been very impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How can trade unions protect migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis? Learn more here..
June 2020
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COVID-19 and the Workers' Organisations
COVID-19 Pandemic and Migrant workers: the experience from Africa...
30 June 2020
Migrant workers are exposed to vulnerable situations, decent work deficits and inequalities in normal times, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated their situations. Joel Odigie from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) shares the challenges faced by migrants workers in Africa and the actions taken by Unions to support them in the region.
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Video
ILO: Jobs crisis due to COVID-19 to worsen if returning OFWs not given proper reintegration | ANC
29 June 2020
Rex Varona, the National Project Coordinator of the International Labour Organization (ILO) says the jobs crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic may turn into a catastrophe if returning Filipino migrant workers are not given proper reintegration.
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COVID-19 and the Workers' Organisations
COVID-19 Pandemic and Migrant workers: the experience from Nepal...
25 June 2020
Migrant workers are exposed to vulnerable situations, decent work deficits and inequalities in normal times, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated their situations. Ramesh Badal from the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) shares the challenges faced by migrants workers in Nepal and the actions taken by Unions to support them in the country.
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COVID-19 and the Workers' Organisations
COVID-19 Pandemic and Migrant workers: the experience from Bahrain...
24 June 2020
Migrant workers are exposed to vulnerable situations, decent work deficits and inequalities in normal times, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated their situations. Mohamed Musaed from the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) shares the challenges faced by migrants workers in Bahrain and the actions taken by Unions to support them in the country.
June 2019
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Domestic Workers' Day
An aging Asia increases the demand for domestic workers. But what about their rights?
16 June 2019
Mr. Nilim Baruah, International Labour Organization’s Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the Pacific, reviews progress on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Asia.