Co-Creating Network for Protecting the Human Dignity of Overseas Workers in South-East Asia

The project bolsters protection of the rights of migrant workers in the corridor from South-East Asia to Japan. As of the end of October 2024, there were over 2.3 million foreign workers in Japan. These workers often face various challenges, including language barriers, discrimination, and precarious immigration status. Those challenges often attribute to lack of information and miscommunications among migrants, recruitment agencies, employers, and other various stakeholders involved in the labour migration systems. This project addresses those issues by creating a network of stakeholders and facilitate more information sharing. Prior to this project, the former survey project developed the Joint Work Plan to improve access to remedy for migrant workers from South-East Asia to Japan. The project will then utilize the Joint Work Plan and promote collaborations by key stakeholders based on the four pillars: 1) Grievance mechanisms; 2) Empowerment of migrant workers; 3) Fair and ethical recruitment; and 4) Implementation mechanism and enabling environment. Based on the Joint Work Plan, the project discusses migration policies, promote mutual learning, and enhance information sharing among key stakeholders, including the governments, employers, trade unions, recruitment agencies, bar associations, and civil society.

Project symbol

RAS/25/50/JPN

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific

Start date

01/04/2025

End date

31/07/2026

Total allocation

230000

Total expenditure

Status

Active

146946

Development Partners

Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Outcome 6: Protection at work for all