OBJECTIVES
1. Have an experience sharing among migrant workers and advocates on their success
stories and other stories of empowerment to identify common experiences and learn
possible strategies that can be used in taking up issues of wage theft.
2. Empower migrant workers and advocates (such as from civil society, trade unions,
and community organizations) in pursuing cases of wage theft and claiming what is
owed to them.
REGISTRATION:
TENTATIVE PROGRAM AGENDA
TIME (Manila time,
GMT+8)
6:30PM-6:35PM
(5 minutes)
AGENDA
SPEAKER
Opening remarks and Introduction
Ayessa Nilong, Program
Assistant, Migrant Forum in
Asia (MFA)
6:35PM-6:45PM
(10 minutes)
The Struggle towards Justice: The
Case of Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs) from Malaysia
Sumitha Kishna
Our Journey, Malaysia
Lawyers Beyond Borders
6:45PM-7:00PM
(15 minutes)
Strength in Unity: The collective
mobilization of migrant workers
from Kerala
Parvathy Devi
Researcher, Center for
Indian Migrant Studies
(CIMS, Kerala)
Gopakumar Subramanian
Namboothiri
NSH Ex-Employees Action
Council, Protest group of
former employees of NSH
Saudi Arabia
7:00PM-7:10PM (10
minutes)
Empowered in Advocacy: The
Story of Returning Filipino migrant
workers from Macau
7:10PM-7:20PM (10
minutes)
An Unexpected Triumph:
Overcoming Injustices during the
Pandemic
7:20PM-7:55PM (35
minutes)
OPEN FLOOR and Q&A
Rowena Lagman
Documenter, Center for
Migrant Advocacy (CMA,
Philippines) and returnee
migrant worker from Macau
Bikash Dhungana
Project Coordinator
Pravasi Nepal Coordination
Committee (PNCC, Nepal)
Nandalal Subedi
Returnee migrant worker
from Qatar
Moderator:
Ayessa Nilong, Program
Assistant, Migrant Forum in