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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

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

recommendations:

date:

2024-05-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Migration

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comments:

The Regional Management Team concurs on the importance of promoting sustainable development of migrant workers’ communities and importance of effective the reintegration of WMWs back into countries of origin.

action_plan:

• Provide financial literacy training and facilitate business generating opportunities to families and community members of WMWs to support the effective use of remittances in improving the sustainable development of migrant worker communities. Support livelihoods opportunities to WMWs which includes entrepreneurship training and opportunities as well as skills development. • Continue to scale-up and further support skills recognition among WMWs. • Support MRCs to use a whole-of-community sustainable development approach that supports migrant workers, their families and community members. • Implement community-based initiatives that challenge negative social attitudes about WMWs who have left their communities to work abroad and provide accessible psychosocial support to help WMWs to socially reintegrate into their communities upon return. • Seek to engage UNICEF to support WMWs to care for their children when they are left behind in countries of origin or brought with them to countries of destination

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

Recommendation #3: Further promote the sustainable development of migrant worker communities including the reintegration of WMWs as a strategy to end violence against women. • Aligned with Conclusion #4 • Recommended timeline: 1 January 2024 – no end date • High urgency, medium difficulty, high impact • Directed to ILO and UN Women senior staff Rationale: For labour migration to contribute towards sustainable development in countries of origin, a greater focus is needed on supporting migrant worker communities as a whole and to helping WMWs effectively reintegrate into their communities upon return. To operationalize this recommendation: • Provide financial literacy training and facilitate business generating opportunities to families and community members of WMWs to support the effective use of remittances in improving the sustainable development of migrant worker communities. • Scale-up and further expand livelihoods support to WMWs, their families, and community members, which includes entrepreneurship training and opportunities as well as skills development. • Continue to scale-up and further support skills recognition among WMWs so that the skills that they develop in destination countries can be recognized in their country of origin. • Support MRCs to use a whole-of-community sustainable development approach that supports not only migrant workers but also their family and community members who are left behind. • Implement community-based initiatives that challenge negative social views of WMWs who have left their communities to work abroad and provide accessible psychosocial support to help WMWs to socially reintegrate into their communities upon return. • Support WMWs to care for their children when they are left behind in countries of origin or brought with them to countries of destination.

project_symbols:

RAS/17/12/UND

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1680768

information_source:

Regional Office

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