Women Migrant Workers

Labour and Social Protections Essential for Women Migrant Workers

Fecha: 13/05/2011 - 14:58

The topic of migration and development took to the spotlight this week at the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV), bringing together high-level officials on 11 and 12 May to discuss, in particular, the challenges, rights and social as well as labour protections of women migrant workers.

Female Migrant Domestic Workers: A Sad Story Largely Unknown.

Fecha: 29/04/2011 - 10:29

Migrant domestic workers often toil under difficult and abusive conditions out of sight of the world’s eyes. "Individual migrant domestic worker have virtually no possibility to negotiate for better working conditions before moving to the country of employment," Martin Oelz, International Labour Organization’s legal specialist in the Conditions of Work and Employment Programme told IPS.

Vulnerabilities of female migrant farm workers from Latin America and the Caribbean in Canada

Fecha: 29/04/2011 - 10:24

Since 1999, the number of temporary foreign workers from Latin America and the Caribbean employed in Canada's agricultural sector has tripled. Most temporary workers on farms are men, but the number of women is on the rise. In Canada, female temporary foreign workers endure precarious working and living conditions on the farms and face gender-specific challenges.

This policy brief documents this new trend in temporary migration and highlights the vulnerabilities of female workers employed in Canada’s agricultural industry.

New immigration rules turn back the clock on domestic violence

Fecha: 12/04/2011 - 09:09

As of Wednesday, changes to the UK Immigration Rules risk making migrant victims of domestic violence more vulnerable to abuse. The changes mean that legal protection for migrant victims of domestic violence will no longer apply to applicants who have unspent criminal convictions. This change has been described by campaigners as potentially turning the clock back by ten years in the way that domestic violence victims are treated in the UK.

Human trafficking? Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Fecha: 08/04/2011 - 15:12

Within the realm of the human rights debate in Lebanon is the issue of migrant domestic worker rights. Lebanon has a population of 4 million people and employs 200,000 migrant domestic workers to do everything from basic household cleaning and nannying to in-home elderly and disabled persons care. This means that there is approximately one Filapina, Sri Lankan, Bengali, Malagasy, Ethiopian, Eritrean, or Nepalese worker to every 10 Lebanese persons!

Domestic workers – human beings not commodities

Fecha: 06/04/2011 - 09:02

The perception of a maid or domestic helper varies with the ethnicity and culture of employers. What brought about this reflection was the furore over giving all maids (domestic workers) working in Malaysian households a day off. Employers raised strong objections to giving their domestic help one rest day, particularly if she was a foreigner.

Gender & Development Special Issue on Migration

Fecha: 06/04/2011 - 09:09

Drawing on  insights gained over the 13 years since the journal last published an issue on migration – a period which has seen a gradual ‘feminisation’ of migration, and an increased focus on the benefits that migration can bring to development in the ‘sending’ communities - the March 2011 issue of Gender & Development,  brings together research from across a range of countries, and looks at migration not only as a livelihoods strategy, undertaken primarily for economic reasons, but also as a response to crisis, where people have relatively little, or no, option but t

Nurifah Rasidi: Speaking up for domestic workers abroad

Fecha: 06/04/2011 - 08:22

In the 12 years she has worked there, she has never had to endure the ugly abuse some of her peers have been subjected to. But Nurifah also realizes that her less fortunate Indonesian peers need channels to relieve their frustration.

It was back in 2003, when she was having breakfast with her Chinese family employer, that she came to that realization. She noticed a timid-looking Indonesian domestic worker sitting on her own in a corner of the coffee shop, while her employers dined on the other side of the room.

“No trabajar solos”, nuevo informe sobre trabajo forzoso

Fecha: 17/03/2011 - 09:56

El informe es el resultado de un proyecto de dos años en los que los sindicatos y las ONG analizaron las medidas y enfoques para luchar contra la esclavitud y la trata de mano de obra. Examina los diferentes enfoques y muestra cuatro principales motivos de intervención común, cada uno de ellos documentados con una serie de mejores prácticas. En el informe se explica el verdadero potencial de los sindicatos y las ONG para mejorar su alcance conjunto a fin de intervenir juntos en casos individuales o colectivos y organizar conjuntamente campañas, formación y otras actividades.

Un nouveau rapport sur le travail forcé recommande de ne jamais travailler seul

Fecha: 17/03/2011 - 09:55

Le rapport est le résultat d’un projet de deux ans au travers duquel syndicats et organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) se sont intéressés aux actions et positions des uns et des autres pour de combattre l’esclavage et le trafic de main-d’œuvre. Il examine les différentes approches et décrit quatre possibilités d’action commune, chacune documentée par une série de meilleures pratiques.

December 18 es una ONG en status consultivo especial con el Consejo Económico y Social de Naciones Unidas.

El apoyo financiero para gastos operacionales es proporcionado por Oxfam Novib (Países Bajos). Ocasionalmente, otras entidades proveen financiación para actividades especiales.

December 18 es un Centro Internacional de Recursos sobre los Derechos Humanos de los Migrantes. Si está interesado en ser voluntario haga click aquí.