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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 continuing support to better protect the rights of undocumented WMWs and domestic workers and focus on LGBTIQ+ migrant workers, WMWs with disabilities, and WMWs from climate-affected communities when designing and implementing EVAW and labour migration programming.

action_plan:

• Continue to use human rights frameworks and calls to support all women regardless of legal status as strategies to increase legal protections and service provision to undocumented WMWs. • Continue initiatives to support the rights of domestic workers, including their organising. • Draw on the Safe and Fair produced study A Beautiful but Very Heavy Jacket: The Experiences of Migrant Workers with Diverse SOGIE in ASEAN to design programming that targets the specific needs of LGBTIQ+ migrant workers. • Collaborate with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IOM who are working on the nexus between climate change, migration and violence against women to design targeted programming to support WMWs affected by environmental issues and climate change. • Include initiatives into future programming that support women with disabilities to engage in labour migration safely, mindful of additional risks of violence, and that support the unique needs and vulnerabilities of WMWs with disabilities (both physical and cognitive).

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

Recommendation #5: Continue to support the rights of undocumented WMWs and domestic workers while increasing programmatic focus on LGBTIQ+ migrant workers, WMWs with disabilities, and WMWs from climate-affected communities when designing and implementing EVAW and labour migration programming. • Aligned with Conclusion #5 • Recommended timeline: 1 January 2024 – no end date • High urgency, medium difficulty, high impact • Directed to ILO and UN Women Rationale: To advance the SDGs and leave no one behind, future EVAW and labour migration programming must be designed to respond to the unique needs and vulnerabilities of particularly vulnerable sub-groups of WMWs. This includes but is not limited to undocumented WMWs, domestic workers, LGBTIQ+ migrant workers, WMWs with disabilities, and WMWs from climate-affected communities. To operationalize this recommendation: • Continue to use human rights frameworks and calls to support all women regardless of legal status as strategies to increase legal protections and service provision to undocumented WMWs. • Continue initiatives to support the rights of domestic workers, including their organising. • Draw on the Safe and Fair produced study A Beautiful but Very Heavy Jacket: The Experiences of Migrant Workers with Diverse SOGIE in ASEAN to design programming that targets the specific needs of LGBTIQ+ migrant workers. • Collaborate with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IOM who are working on the nexus between climate change and migration to design targeted programming to support WMWs affected by environmental issues and climate change. • Include initiatives into future programming that support women with disabilities to engage in labour migration and that support the unique needs and vulnerabilities of WMWs with disabilities (both physical and cognitive).

project_symbols:

RAS/17/12/UND

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1680778

information_source:

Regional Office

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