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EU-MPTF Spotlight Initiative ILO-UNW JP "Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers' right and opportunities in the ASEAN region" - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2829

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2829

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Gender equality

category:

Conditions of work & equality

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comments:

Future gender equality programming, including EVAW programming.

challenges:

It can be challenging to collaborate with other UN programmes, and it requires willingness from both parties to work together.

success:

ILO and UN Women have developed increased expertise as well as concrete tools and guidance through the SAF Programme that can be shared with other UN labour migration programming across the region to better serve WMWs.

context:

Over the course of the SAF Programme, other UN agencies were providing PDO and PAO sessions to migrant workers with limited tools and information focused on WMWs. There were missed opportunities to integrate SAF’s products and expertise into these existing initiatives which could have generated more wide-scale impact.

description:

Development programming that promotes gender equality can achieve greater impact when it intentionally includes support to further integrate GE principles into the work of other UN entities who are executing similar programming. The SAF Programme could have achieved greater and more wide-spread impact had it dedicated more financial resources and staff time to intentionally integrate its information products and messaging into other UN programming working on safe labour migration in the region. This includes integrating information on the unique needs and priorities of WMWs, including access to VAW services, into the pre-departure orientation (PDO) sessions and post arrival orientation (PAO) sessions supported by other UN agencies, such as the IOM across the region.

administrative_issues:

There are few to no accountability mechanisms integrated into development programming that require programmes to collaborate with other similar UN programming. This kind of programming is largely still voluntary. Engaging Resident Coordinators in such programming efforts could potentially help facilitate increased collaboration.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/1680813

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

EU-MPTF Spotlight Initiative ILO-UNW JP "Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers' right and opportunities in the ASEAN region" - Final evaluation