Events and training on labour migration
June 2014
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ILO Study
Obstacles to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon unveiled at report launch
13 June 2014
The ILO and local NGO Caritas share findings of a landmark report on the legal, procedural and institutional challenges facing migrant domestic workers seeking justice in Lebanon.
May 2014
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Event
Meeting of Focal Specialists on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN
27 May 2014
The ILO’s ASEAN TRIANGLE Project recently developed the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database to gather statistical information on migrant workers in the ten ASEAN member states, including a range of previously unpublished sources.
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Event
Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers and ILO-ASEAN TRIANGLE Project Regional Civil Society Consultation: Post 6th AFML Activities
27 - 28 May 2014
The primary objective of this consultation is to identify activities that national CSO stakeholders will undertake to implement the Recommendations of the 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) and to assess the extent to which CSO have contributed to the implementation of the AFML recommendations (3rd, 4th, 5th)
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Event
Regional Training course on international migration for trade union
26 May - 1 June 2014
The objective of this collaboration with the ILO International Training Center in Turin is to develop and implement a 5 days training course for Indian trade union leaders on international labour migration and its challenges and opportunities as well as to highlight international trade union solidarity around the issue of migration.
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Campaign
Global 12+12 Campaign on Ratification of the ILO Convention 189 and the Recommendation 201 on Domestic Work
18 May 2014
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) launched the global 12 by 12 campaign: decent work for domestic workers in 2011 aiming at 12 ratifications of the ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Work over the course of 12 months. The second phase of the campaign was launched at the 3rd World Congress of the ITUC in 2014. As of June 2015, 20 countries ratified the ILO Convention 189 and dozens of countries adopted labour reforms and concluded new collective bargaining agreements.
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Event
Address by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, in his capacity as the 2014 Chair of the GMG to the Open Plenary Session of the GFMD Summit
16 May 2014
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GMG Side Event on Migration and Youth: Challenges and Opportunities, GFMD Summit
15 May 2014
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Event
Remarks by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, as GMG Chair, to the GFMD Special Session on Enhancing Coordination between the GFMD and the United Nations System: Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) on International Migration and Development, Peter Sutherland, GMG and the GFMD, GFMD Summit
15 May 2014
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Event
Remarks by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, as 2014 Chair to the Common-Space Break-out Session on Realising decent labour migration and decent employment - partnering with states, businesses, labour organisations, diaspora entrepreneurs and other civil society organisations, GFMD Summit
14 May 2014
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Event
GMG Side Event on Good Practices for Empowering Migrant Domestic Workers, GFMD Civil Society Days, Stockholm
13 May 2014