9 FIGURE 1 MILESTONES OF THE JFWT CAMPAIGN ENDORSEMENTS BUILDING SOLIDARITY ADVOCACY •30 organizations and networks of civil society and trade unions and 1 prominent individual (Shahidul Haque, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh) •Supported by NHRCs in Maldives, Nepal, and the Philippines •In March 2021, the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of longterm institutional investors, formally endorsed the JFWT campaign voicing their support and urging companies to implement human rights due diligence in their supply chains and to support the campaign. •The Parliamentarian Caucus in Bangladesh coorganized the GCM side event on wage theft and showed support to the campaign by raising the issue in parliament •Partnered with IOM Regional Office (BKK) and the ILOwith IOM Regional Office (BKK) and the ILO on data exchange on wage theft to engage their Rapid Assessments in different origin countries to assess the situation of repatriated migrants •United Nations Network on Migration (Inter-Agency Working Group) took up the issue of non-payment of wages •Partnership with the UK and Swiss governments on their Initiative, Call to Action on Remittances: Webinar on Unpaid Wages and Remittances •Launched national wage theft reports in India with the Centre for Indian Migrant Studies (CIMS), and the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) as well as in Bangladesh with Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit (RMMRU) •MFA and the Lawyers Beyond Borders (LBB) Network co-organized a webinar on “Alternatives to Dispute Settlements: Use of Technology in Accessing Justice for Migrant Workers”. •National launch of the campaign to highlight the issue at the national level in India,Indonesia and the Philippines •Organised 3 webinars to brainstorm on how governments, international organizations like the ILO, IOM, and WB, and the private sector can address the issue. •As partners of the ILO in Global Media competition, MFA was able to incorporate the issue of non-payment of wages as a thematic issue to be taken up within the competition •Facilitated participation of Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia as well as a number of civil society organizations, trade unions and UN agencies in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Migration Lab Discussion Group on Wage Protection and Transnational Justice •GFMD Side Event on NonPayment of Wages •GCM Regional Review of the Asia-Pacific–Side Event: Migrants, Wages, and the Pandemic: Where are We Now on the Issue of Wage Theft? •Raised the issue of nonpayment wages at the Abu Dhabi Dialogue Sessions – Senior Officials Meeting and Ministerial Consultation Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country, government, industry, employer, etc.