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Fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East - Regional Component - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2350
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2350
- good_practices:
- replication:
- -
- cause_effect:
- .
- themes:
- theme:
- Migration
- category:
- Conditions of work & equality
- context:
- -
- description:
- Outreach to workers, and the ability to organise and support them is enhanced by opening of Workers’ Resource Centres, also called Migrant Community Centres in Lebanon and Workers’ Centre in Jordan.
On the suggestion of WIF, the Kerala government opened two Workers Resource Centers as spaces for organizing and collectivizing. Workers also use the space to unwind, learn languages and skills, share happiness and concerns, celebrate and entertain themselves. The Kerala government plans to open 16 such centers across Kerala and has followed all the suggestions of WIF: to provide a well-lit building, located near a bus stand and train station, a place easy to reach and with space to accommodate many workers.
In Lebanon and Jordan, WIF has supported the organising of migrant women domestic workers (MDWs) through migrant community centres (MCCs). Within the centres, migrant workers (both female and male) can attend language classes, access health related services and get legal counselling. Although if the MCCs are collaborative spaces where migrant workers can meet and share experiences, the activities are rights-oriented and aim at building migrant workers capacity for self-advocacy. Members at the centres elect a board which manages an independent budget and has decision-making powers for the centre.
These centres have become places where workers can come and meet one another, and conduct activities such as cultural programmes, prayers, dances, theatre, classes on computer, languages (Especially Arabic and English), and also discuss their work-related issues. In cases of need, they can get counselling and legal support as well.
- links:
- -
- indicators:
- -
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/practices/201155
- location:
- country:
- Bangladesh
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Lebanon
- region:
- Arab States
- country:
- India
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Nepal
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Jordan
- region:
- Arab States
- country:
- Inter-Regional
- region:
- Inter-Regional
- eval_title:
- Fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East - Regional Component - Final Evaluation
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