Resources on the FAIRWAY Programme

  1. Domestic workers

    “Thank you Soma”: ILO documentary explores relationship between migrant domestic workers and Arab youth

    18 December 2018

    On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the ILO premieres a new documentary that aims to challenge common perceptions about migrant domestic workers.

  2. Video

    New ILO documentary challenges common perceptions about migrant domestic workers

    18 December 2018

    Like millions of others, Soma, now 57, left her home, friends and young children to become a domestic worker and provide for her family. Some 30 years later, she travelled to her home village in Sri Lanka with Nour, the 24-year-old Lebanese woman she helped raise.

  3. Domestic workers

    “Thank you Soma - شكراَ صوما”: ILO documentary explores relationship between migrant domestic workers and Arab youth

    17 December 2018

    On the occasion of International Migrants Day (18 December), the ILO will premiere a new documentary film that aims to change the narrative about migrant domestic workers in the Arab States region.

  4. News

    Key achievements: FAIRWAY Labour Migration Journalism Fellowship Programme

    30 November 2018

    The fellowship was implemented in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network, training journalists to report on labour migration in a rights-based and ethical manner.

  5. Event

    ILO hosts regional consultation on changing behaviour of employers of domestic workers

    Bringing together regional civil society organizations and trade unions, this consultation seeks to explore new thinking on how to shift social norms in domestic work

  6. Event

    ILO hosts briefing on labour migration for senior editors and directors at Jordan News Agency

    The briefing focuses on principles for rights-based, ethical and gender-sensitive reporting on labour migration in Jordan

  7. News

    ILO and the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry convene training on worker welfare for construction companies

    06 September 2018

    Construction company members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) have met to discuss key concepts on worker welfare and explore how these can be integrated throughout companies’ supply chains.

  8. News

    ILO and Kuwait News Agency host journalism training workshop to strengthen reporting on labour migration

    31 August 2018

    The ILO Regional Fair Migration Project in the Middle East (FAIRWAY) collaborates with the Kuwait State News Agency to train journalists on specialised reporting on labour migration issues.

  9. Event

    The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosts discussion on migrant workers in the construction sector

    Construction sector members of the KCCI meet to share experiences and best practices in the promotion of worker welfare in the construction sector.

  10. Event

    The 2018 Migration Journalism Fellows convene for training workshop in Amman

    The programme – produced in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network – targets journalists in order to change the narrative on migration in the region.