Global Forum Migration Development

Notre préoccupation principale devrait être l’avenir des migrants et leurs familles

Date: 16/12/2011 - 10:54

Jenni Roth de Radio1812 a parlé à Genève avec quelques organisateurs de la 5^ème édition des Journées de la société civile au Forum mondial sur la migration et le développement.

Traduit de l'anglais par Ruth Reichstein.

Rapport

Sharan Burrow: Migrant Workers are Frontline Victims of the Global Financial Crisis

Date: 16/12/2011 - 05:44

Sharan Burrow, the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation speaks with Radio1812 about the Global Forum on Migration and Development. She argues that the GFMD should be put back with the UN system and stresses that "a worker is a worker is a worker" and migrant workers deserve equal treatment. Produced by Ruth Reichstein for Radio 1812.

Civil Society Urges Governments to Fill Leadership Gaps in Migration

Date: 04/12/2011 - 10:34

The Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development concluded with high energy at the “common space” between civil society and governments on the morning of December 1st. After two days of working sessions that built upon the recommendations of past GFMDs and brought to light new concerns, civil society presented a statement to governments calling for more engagement and leadership to combat xenophobia and promote rights-based migration policies.

Statement of the 2011 Civil Society Days

Date: 04/12/2011 - 10:39

Attached is the statement presented on 1 December 2011 to the Opening Plenary of States, Civil Society and Observers, Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 by William Gois, Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2011 GFMD.

Report from the Civil Society Days in Geneva!

Date: 12/12/2011 - 07:59

Reporting from Geneva, Jenni Roth from Radio1812 spoke with some of the main people involved in the 5th edition of the Civil Society Days at the Global Forum on Migration and Development.

Click here to listen to the report.

Picture courtesy of ICMC

Opening of the Civil Society Days – what difference will they make?

Date: 29/11/2011 - 18:13

The opening ceremony of the Civil Society Days (CSD) of the 5th GFMD has just come to a close. 186 civil society delegates, among them 73 migrants, will debate for two and a half days among themselves and with government representatives about issues like Migrant Workers’ Families, the “Business” of irregular migration, circular migration and the diaspora as a potential actor of development.

Statement by UFDWR for the GFMD in Geneva

Date: 28/11/2011 - 12:04

Attached is the statement of the United for Foreign Domestic Workers' Rights on the 5th Global Forum on Migration and Development happening end of this week in Geneva, Switzerland. UFDWR is a coalition of regional and national organizations that work for the protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of foreign domestic workers.

Swiss groups join international meeting to prepare for this year's GFMD in Geneva

Date: 22/08/2011 - 13:51

Some 100 participants from Swiss civil society organizations, international non-government and labour groups, international agencies, governments and academia are gathering for a two-day “joint reflection” on issues of migration and development, in the lead-up to the annual Global Forum on Migration Development (GFMD) that the government of Switzerland is organizing in Geneva at yearend.

Déclaration finale de l'Action Globale des Peuples sur la migration, le développement et les droits humains

Date: 25/11/2010 - 06:34

Pronunciamiento de la Acción Global de los Pueblos sobre Migración, Desarrollo, y Derechos Humanos

Date: 25/11/2010 - 06:32