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AP-MagNet Updates #7


Just out - the seventh edition of AP-MagNet Updates.

Campaign for domestic workers’ rights gathers pace


Following the adoption of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), the campaign to ensure domestic workers’ rights are respected is gaining moment...

Good practice guide on child labour in fisheries and aquaculture


FAO and ILO have developed a preliminary version of the good practice guide: “FAO-ILO good practice guide for addressing child labour in fisheries and aquacul...

Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific


This report presents a detailed picture of the potential impacts of climate change on migration in Asia and the Pacific.

APYN Podcast #5: Youth labour migration


Listen to experts discussing with young people the issue of youth and labour migration in Asia and the Pacific. This podcast is a co-production between APYouthN...
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Remittances: Sweating it out in the Gulf

Business Line - May, 2012."Mr Shaukat Ali does not have to canvas for hawala money from NRIs living in the poorer districts of Dubai any longer. Earlier he used help blue collar NRI workers to send money back to their families living in India through the illegal hawala route, virtually charging no commission and offering better exchange rates. After a gap of three years, he has now got his old job back with a British design and construction consultancy firm in Dubai, as a driver. The ebbing construction spree in the emirate nation and its after shocks on the Gulf economy had rendered him jobless. He is still not out of the woods as yet. But he hopes he does not have to go back to the squalid tin-sheet living quarters of menial NRI workers, soliciting business. "

Manila and Moscow Inch Closer to Labour Agreement

IPS - May 16, 2012. "As the number of migrant Filipino workers in Russia inches closer to 5000, Moscow and Manila are busy negotiating a bilateral labour agreement that could allow thousands more overseas workers into various sectors of the Russian economy. Formal discussions are slated to be held on May 30, Grace Cruz-Fabella, consul general of the Philippine embassy in Rome, told IPS. "

Migrant workers face factory exploitation

Just-style - May 14, 2012. "Migrant garment workers in factories in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia making clothes for western fashion brands are facing state oppression and exploitation by their employers, according to claims in a new report released today (14 May)."

Resources

Restricted Rights: Migrant women workers in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia

War on Want - May 2012. "The report presents the appalling conditions faced by women who have to migrate because of poverty and political oppression. Despite being important economic drivers for countries’ economic growth, migrant women’s rights are consistently violated by Western companies while their governments turn a blind eye. Exporting cheap labour has become an economic strategy promoted by governments within the neoliberal economic model."

Labour Migration from Colombo Process Countries: Good Practices, Challenges and Ways Forward

IOM, MPI - May 2012. "This issue brief, the first in a series launched by MPI and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that examines migration trends and issues in Asia, discusses labor migration from the 11 Colombo Process countries (which include China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam). Since 2005, these countries have taken concrete steps to manage these labor flows and protect their citizens working abroad, particularly with respect to recruitment regulation and welfare protection. Despite the progress, however, the brief details a number of remaining challenges and highlights possible areas of focus for these governments."

Effective Protection for Domestic Workers: A guide to designing labour laws (forthcoming)

ILO - 2012. "This guide is a practical tool for those involved in national legislative processes and in the design of labour laws, including government officials and representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations."