Migrant Forum in Asia
Thank you, Chair, for this opportunity to address the committee.
My name is Ristanti. I have been a migrant domestic worker for 9 years, and I am here today as … Read More
Geneva: On June 2nd, following interventions by 26 of the participating countries of the International Labour Conference (ILC), five NGOs, including Migrant Forum in Asia, were given the opportunity to … Read More
We, Asian Parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka have come together on the eve of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference. This is a … Read More
At the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the ILO agreed to include a second discussion in the agenda of its next … Read More
Some three million Asian migrants make significant contributions to the economies of both their countries of origin and destination each year. A large proportion of these migrants are women, most … Read More
Domestic workers are the biggest sector of workers in the world who are not protected by an international convention. That could change in June: it all depends on whether at … Read More
We, the participants of the Civil Society Consultation for the 4th Colombo Process organized by Migrant Forum in Asia on 17-18 April 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, coming from 14 countries … Read More
Migrant Forum in Asia, Human Rights Watch, and CARAM Asia welcome the reinvigoration of the Colombo Process, a series of regional consultative meetings on Asian labor migration. The fourth ministerial … Read More
MFA released a report in January 2011 entitled “Labour recruitment to the UAE: Gaps between policy practice in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Philippines”. Emerging from the analysis of … Read More
The term of the current UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Jorge A. Bustamante, ends on June 2011. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the … Read More