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EMPOWERING WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS
The UNIFEM Asia-Pacific and Arab
States Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in
Asia seeks to empower women migrant workers from a gender and
rights-based development perspective. It does this by helping to
create enabling policy, institutional and socio-economic
environments that ensure women equality of opportunity, and access
to resources and benefits, throughout the migration process.
The programme promotes safe
migration of women migrant workers, and has a special focus on
domestic workers. Countries currently covered by the programme
are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Indonesia, the
Philippines and Hong Kong, Thailand and Jordan as destination
sites.
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New Poll
Highlights Need for Better Understanding Among
Thais of the Importance of Migrant Workers to
Their Economy
18 December
2006,
Bangkok, - A new ABAC poll released today
revealed the need for better understanding among
Thais of the important contribution made by
foreign migrant workers to the Thai economy.
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Regional
NGO Workshop Addressing Women Migrants Rights
Through CEDAW
27-29 November 2006,
Bangkok, Voices of women migrants heard, NGOs to
use international treaty to promote the rights
of women migrant workers.
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Conference
Statement
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-
High Level Government Meeting of
Countries of Employment on Good Practices to Protect Women Migrant
Workers held on 1 & 2 December 2005, Siam City Hotel.
 Documents: Press Release
- Regional Consultation of Recruitment
and Placement Agencies on Good Practices to Protect Women Migrant
Workers held on 14 & 15 November 2005, UNCC.
Documents:
Covenant of Ethical Conduct and Good
Practices of Overseas Employment Service
Providers
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