Migrant workers at construction site in Chiangmai, Thailand

Labour migration

Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in South-East Asia (PROTECT)

Protecting the rights of women migrant workers and migrant children in South-East Asia

Migrant workers at construction site in Chiangmai, Thailand 2021 © Chalinee Thirasupa/ILO
Project details

1 January 2024 - 31 December 2027

EUR 13,000,000 (equivalent to USD 14,280,500)

European Union (EU)

RAS/23/06/EUR

Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia

Sophia KAGAN, Chief Technical Advisor. Email: [email protected]

About PROTECT

Labour migration is a major driver of economic and social development in South-East Asia, but women migrant workers and migrant children continue to face heightened risks of exploitation, violence, trafficking and limited access to protection and essential services.

Funded by the European Union, the PROTECT project brings together the ILO, UNICEF, UNODC and UN Women to strengthen legal and institutional frameworks, enhance protection mechanisms, and promote safe, orderly and rights-based labour migration for women migrant workers and migrant children in South-East Asia.

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Implementing countries

Regional
Young Cambodian migrant woman sorting fish on stalls in Thailand

Regional

Cambodia
A Cambodian migrant worker in Rayong, Thailand.

Cambodia

Indonesia
Parjiyati

Indonesia

Malaysia
Maddiah

Malaysia

Thailand
A women migrant worker in Rayong, Thailand/

Thailand

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Contacts

Sophia Kagan, Chief Technical Adviser, [email protected]

Ratna Mathai-Luke, Technical Officer, [email protected]

Karnmanee Thanesvorakul, Thailand National Project Officer, [email protected]