Labour Migration Management: Training of trainers
The ILO and the Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs are jointly organizing a training of trainers on Labour Migration Management for technical experts at Federal and Regional levels.
23 October 2014
ADDIS ABABA (ILO News): The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia and Somalia and the Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs are jointly organizing a Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on Labour Migration Management for technical experts both at the Federal and Regional levels. The training will be held in Adama, Ethiopia from 23 to 26 October, 2014.
The four day training aims to facilitate discussion on Labour Migration Management that will help to comprehend the issues and dynamics that drive the growth of the sector. It also aims to explore approaches that would help formalize employment relationships and thereby reduce exploitative practices.
The ILO is currently implementing a project on “Development of a Tripartite Framework for the Support and Protection of Ethiopian Women Domestic Migrant Workers to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, Lebanon and Sudan” . The project, funded by the European Union, aims to better provide decent standards at work and the human rights of women migrant domestic workers from Ethiopia throughout the process of migration, from their place of origin to their destination, all through their employment in private households in the Middle East and in Sudan, and up until their return home.
The project places special emphasis on young women, who make up the majority of domestic migrant workers. These migrants are concentrated in less regulated economic occupations where they are forced to work excessive hours without getting paid for over time; continuously work without rest; are bound by restrictions on freedom of movement; and get exposed to psychological, physical and sexual abuse. Most of them face virtual imprisonment with their travel and identity documents confiscated.
The four day training aims to facilitate discussion on Labour Migration Management that will help to comprehend the issues and dynamics that drive the growth of the sector. It also aims to explore approaches that would help formalize employment relationships and thereby reduce exploitative practices.
The ILO is currently implementing a project on “Development of a Tripartite Framework for the Support and Protection of Ethiopian Women Domestic Migrant Workers to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, Lebanon and Sudan” . The project, funded by the European Union, aims to better provide decent standards at work and the human rights of women migrant domestic workers from Ethiopia throughout the process of migration, from their place of origin to their destination, all through their employment in private households in the Middle East and in Sudan, and up until their return home.
The project places special emphasis on young women, who make up the majority of domestic migrant workers. These migrants are concentrated in less regulated economic occupations where they are forced to work excessive hours without getting paid for over time; continuously work without rest; are bound by restrictions on freedom of movement; and get exposed to psychological, physical and sexual abuse. Most of them face virtual imprisonment with their travel and identity documents confiscated.