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ILO-DFID Partnership Programme on Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers in South Asia and the Middle East -Phase II - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2868

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2868

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

ILO-DFID Partnership Programme on Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers in South Asia and the Middle East -Phase II - Midterm evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2024-08-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Migration

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comments:

For seeking funding for the Workers Centre, the WIF programme is in advanced discussions with several donors to continue supporting the WC in Jordan.

action_plan:

ROAS/WIF CTA to continue follow-up with USDOL in mobilising resources to support the Workers' Centre in Jordan.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

DWT/CO-New Delhi

title:

4. Special strategy needed for the Workers Centre in Jordan. The current situation in Jordan is especially bleak, given the lack of official support for migrant worker right, and now even the threat to the existence of the Ministry of Labour itself. The only point of light in a bleak context from the perspective of garment migrant workers is the Al-Hasan Workers Centre. As noted, the government seems unable to see beyond a national workers vs migrant workers zero-sum approach to labour market employment. Whilst this is a false dichotomy and the existence of migrant textile workers is not taking jobs from Jordanians, it is leading to a wholly negative approach from the government in permitting even legitimate worker complaints. Currently the Workers Centre is providing almost the only place where workers can go to discuss and register complaints, since labour inspectors no longer fulfil this role with the advent of the Hemayeh platform. The recreational and training role the WC plays is also essential. It also should provide health facilities, now shut down too with the same antipathetic logic. For WIF, the WC is the only current entry point to protect migrant textile worker rights, and the future of the centre needs to be secured before the end of this phase. We recommend a marketing campaign, for instance around South Asian national days and to draw in embassies, CSOs, and potential donors. The recreational role the centre plays needs also amplifying, to gain more support for the centre’s continuing functioning from garment factory owners themselves.

project_symbols:

RAS/17/11/GBR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16691

information_source:

Regional Office

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