ASEAN must recognize domestic work as \"work\"
7th June 2011, the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference adopted the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Work. ASEAN Member States must ratify and fully implement the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Work which is key to th
Statement of ASEAN CSOs to Senior Labour Officials Meeting
The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Malaysia reaffirming and echoing more than 1,300 Civil Society Organisation delegates of the 7th ACSC/APF urge the Senior Labour Officials Meeting and Labour Ministers to adopt and implement the recommendations.
Jakarta: Workshop on the Implementation of the Rights of Migrant Workers
The 7th ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN Peoples\' Forum workshop on the Implementation of the Rights of Migrant Workers was participated by more then 100 civil society representatives.
Jakarta: Civil society groups pushing for protection of ASEAN migrant workers
TFAMW co-organized a Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the rights of migrant workers. More then 100 participants from ASEAN Member States actively exchange views on better protecting the ri
Jakarta: ASEAN urged to speed up talks on migrant worker protection
The TFAMW co-organized a Workshop (9-10 April 2011) on the Drafting of the ASEAN Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. The Workshop participate by 50 mostly local participants was a parallel event to the A
Jakarta: 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers
The 4th ACMW meeting (11-12 April 2011) is held as part of efforts to implement the ASEAN declaration on the protection and promotion of migrant workers` rights. The ACMW is negotiating an ASEAN Framework Instrument to protect and promote the rights of mi
Thailand: Rights Groups call for improved rights for Migrant Workers
25-26 January 2011. TFAMW organized the Thai National Consultation. 15 February 2011 as follow-up activity 14 Thai and Burmese Migrant Workers Groups delivered the open letter to the Thai Ministry of labour calling for better protection of the rights of m
Malaysia: Refusing to resolve migrant woes
The 7-8 December 2009 ACMW Drafting Committee Meeting on a Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Kuala Lumpur ended in deadlock. The Malaysian government continues to oppose the stance taken by its three Asean
Migrant workers\' rights: ASEAN fails to agree
The Malaysian government continues to refuse to allow consideration of either undocumented migrant workers or families of migrant workers in the scope and coverage of the negotiations on the future Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights
Protecting the rights of migrant workers and their families: Malaysia’s obligation
7 and 8 December 2009 , the ACMW Drafting Committee meets in Kuala Lumpur hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources. A significant number of migrant workers in the region are temporary workers, domestic workers, informal sector workers and self-employed w