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Panel Discussion on “Transitional Justice: Towards “Building Back Better”
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- MFA
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- We Invite you to the Panel Discussion on “Transitional Justice: Towards “Building Back Better” MFA, together with the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), New Delhi, India and the Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), Beirut, Lebanon are jointly organizing a Panel Discussion on “Transitional Justice: Towards “Building Back Better” on 21 July 2020 (Tuesday) 5:30PM – 7:30PM (IST). We would like to invite you to join us as a participant in the Panel Discussion. The session will be moderated by Mr. William Gois, Regional Coordinator of MFA. He will be joined in the panel by the following speakers: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India and Former Senior UN Diplomat Mr. Shahidul Haque, Former Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh Dr. Dilip Ratha, Lead Economist, Migration and Remittances and Head of KNOMAD, World Bank Mr. Ryszard Cholewinski, Senior Migration Specialist, ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Beirut Ms. Roula Hamati, coordinator, Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants Ms. Neha Misra, Senior Migration Specialist, Solidarity Center, Washington DC The meeting will be held via Zoom. Please find below the call-in details: Join Zoom Meeting Click here to Join the Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 874 035 3443 Password: 560214 Please let us know should you have further inquiries on this and we hope to see you on Tuesday.
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'Business and Transitional Justice Mechanism' webinar
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- We invite you to join the 'Business and Transitional Justice Mechanism' webinar. The webinar is going to be held on 18 August (Tuesday) at 5:30PM - 7:30PM (India) / 8:00PM - 10:00PM (Manila) and will be focusing on the 3rd appeal of the campaign, and how businesses are protecting the rights of migrant workers during the pandemic. We will be joined by the following panelists: Isobel Archer - Project Officer for Migrant Workers in Qatar and UAE, BHRRC Golda Benjamin - Programme Director, BHRRC Marie Apostol - Founder and President/CEO of The FAIR Hiring Initiative Murtaza Khan - Regional Managing Partner for the Middle East and Africa Region, Fragomen Neill Wilkins - Head of Migrant Worker Programme, IHRB Tara Dermott - Head of Sub-Office, IOM Hong Kong The session will be moderated by Dato' Sri M. Ramachelvam from Lawyers Beyond Borders - Malaysia. The meeting will be held via Zoom. Please find below link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclIqAZ2r4gaGK8XagM6uDZ7doBqSyTDzpFowwllxrlS57n8g/viewform Please let us know should you have further inquiries on this and we hope to see you on there.
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"Unpaid Wages and Remittances: Deconstructing the Impact of COVID-19 and Ways Forward"
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- We are writing to invite you to the webinar titled "Unpaid Wages and Remittances: Deconstructing the Impact of COVID-19 and Ways Forward". The webinar is in collaboration with the governments of Switzerland and United Kingdom. It will be held on 09 December 2020 (Wednesday) at 1:00PM - 2:30PM (London) / 9:00PM - 10:30PM (Manila). The webinar will address the question of how a steady flow of remittances can be maintained by ensuring that migrant workers are compensated for their work in countries of destination. In addition, the webinar will explore what could be some of the innovative and informal ways of ensuring access to justice and compensation as a strategy to facilitate expedited remittances to families that strongly rely on them back home. We will be joined by the following panelists: Mr. Hanspeter Wyss, Program Manager, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland Dr. Dilip Ratha, Head of KNOMAD, World Bank Ms. Ellene Sana, Executive Director, Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), Philippines Prof. Ray Jureidini, Professor of Migration Ethics and Human Rights, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Prof. Francois Crepeau, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada The webinar will be moderated by Mr. William Gois, Regional Coordinator, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA). REGISTRATION: 1. Click on the link in the poster in advance to register for the event or you may register by clicking the link below: REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3poKAX8 2. After registering, you will receive the Zoom link to the call to the email address you have provided. 3. For easier access, install Zoom first in your preferred device then click the Zoom link. Please find attached the event poster and concept note. Do feel free to circulate this invitation widely. Lastly, we encourage you to share with us in advance should you have questions for the upcoming webinar or questions specific to the speakers. Thank you and we look forward to your participation in the webinar.
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"Migrants, Wages, and the Pandemic: Where are we now on the issue of wage theft?"
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- We are pleased to invite you to a webinar titled "Migrants, Wages, and the Pandemic: Where are we now on the issue of wage theft?" on 12 March at 10:30-11:30am Bangkok. It is a GCM side event being organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), in partnership with the Building and Wood Workers International-Asia Pacific, Bangladesh's Parliamentary Caucus on Migration and Development, and Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines. REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/385A5Rj Please feel free to disseminate this invitation to your network. #JusticeForWageTheft #SayYesToJustice #WageTheftIsAGlobalIssue
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Covid-19 fallout: Rights bodies worried repatriated migrants may slip into poverty
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Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
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Launch of Analysis Report: “Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers During COVID-19”
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Upon the launch of the Justice for Wage Theft campaign in June 2020, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), together with our members and partners, started actively documenting cases of wage theft experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The documentation process aims to provide evidence on the gravity of the issue as well as to strengthen our evidence-based advocacy around the issue of wage theft. From the period of June to December 2020, we were able to file 700 cases in our online documentation system. These cases consist of both individual and group cases, amounting to approximately 1000+ cases of wage theft experienced by migrant workers at the height of the global pandemic in the region. In this regard, we have come out with an analysis of these cases in our report, "Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers During COVID-19". We would like to invite you to the launch of the analysis report on 07 April 2021 (Wednesday) at 8:00PM-9:30PM Manila time (GMT+8). To join the launch, please register via this link: https://bit.ly/3fvoUFY You may find here the tentative program agenda for your reference: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w1qHtH2OV8hsmxkEAQE8NMDXIOkZgX_E/view?usp=sharing Please feel free to circulate the poster and program agenda to your network and invite your colleagues to the launch. Thank you and we hope to see you at the event next week.
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International Migrants Day 2020: Time to Give Back to Migrants A STATEMENT BY MIGRANT FORUM IN ASIA
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- Statement
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- Today, December 18, 2020, marks International Migrants Day, the 30-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the two-year anniversary of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration.
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GULF BHAROSA YATHRA (Hope and support tour for Gulf migrants)
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- The series of programs titled as GULF BHAROSA YATHRA (Hope and support tour for Gulf migrants) will be conducted in the villages of Telangana State from 2nd December 2020. An awareness campaign for repatriated migrant workers from the Gulf will be conducted at Mamada Village in Nirmal District. 'Justice for wage theft' is the main theme in the program.
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- India
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JFWT Factsheet
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- The factsheet takes a look at an update of the Justice for Wage Theft campaign and outlines migrant workers' pathways and situations as they access justice.
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The Clean Clothes Campaign: COVID-19 wage assurance and severance guarantee fund
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- Clean Clothes Campaign
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- The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) launches the #PayYourWorkers which "aims to hold brands, retailers, and e-retailers who sell apparel responsible for the unpaid wages and severance owed to garment workers in their supply chains, urging them to maintain workers’ regular income throughout the pandemic and join a severance guarantee fund to ensure that garment workers who lose their jobs receive the severance pay and back wages they are legally owed". You may visit https://cleanclothes.org/.../pay.../covid-19-wage-assurance to know more about the campaign. #JusticeForWageTheft #sayyestojustice #wagetheftisaglobalissue
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Police investigating 9 men over alleged illegal public assembly outside industrial building in Ang Mo Kio
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- today online
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- SINGAPORE — Nine men are assisting in investigations for allegedly protesting outside a light industrial building in Ang Mo Kio on Tuesday (Oct 18) afternoon, the police said.
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- Singapore
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Updated Wage Theft Scenarios
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- Since the first publication of the Crying Out for Justice series, the campaign and understanding of wage theft has developed. This document looks at the different forms of wage theft that migrant workers experience.
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SVTD: Virtual Launch of the 3rd Volume of Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers during COVID-19
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- SAVE THE DATE MONDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2022 8PM-10PM Manila Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) invites you to the virtual launch of the 3rd Volume of Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers during COVID-19. This report is an analysis of the cases documented by MFA members and partners as part of the Justice for Wage Theft campaign. Volume 3 is the biggest among the reports developed by the campaign as it analyses the wage theft cases experienced by migrant workers in the time of the pandemic since we started documenting cases, from July 2020 until December 2021. Further details including registration will be announced soon.
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Tales of abuse as Bangladeshi female workers return from the Gulf
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- Al Jazeera
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- Rights groups say thousands of migrant workers in Gulf countries, mostly working as domestic help, are at risk of bad working conditions and physical and sexual assault. In November last year, dozens of Bangladeshi female workers sent a video message from Saudi Arabia pleading for help and asking to be rescued. Social advocacy groups are calling on the government to protect its workers abroad, including by increasing oversight over its own recruiting agents, offering protection for its workers in host countries, and aiding workers in distress. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Manikganj, Bangladesh.
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National Human Rights Institutions Joint Statement on International Migrants Day
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- Statement
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- On International Migrants Day 2020, National Human Rights Institution of the Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Philippines call to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of migrant workers and their families, and commit to take action to support the rights of workers to remedy for wage theft and other human rights abuses against migrant workers.
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TOP 10 BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
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- IHRB
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- On international Human Rights Day, IHRB announced the list of Top Ten Human Rights Issues both of the year past and going forward. IHRB featured the situation of Wage Theft and MFA's call for a Justice Mechanism.
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TAKING BACK WHAT’S OURS: ACHIEVING JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- On Human Rights Day, join us as we hear and celebrate the stories of success and empowerment of our migrant workers! As part of the Migrants' Month Calendar of Activities of the Justice for Wage Theft Campaign, we will be joined by advocates and returnees who will recount the stories of migrant workers who experienced wage theft during COVID-19, how they were able to achieve justice in the time of pandemic and claim back their wages as well as how they were able to empower themselves despite the challenges confronted. The event is open to all. It will be held on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2021 at 6:30PM via Zoom. Register via this link: https://bit.ly/3Inr6eK See you there!
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National Workers Welfare Trust (NWWT) Awareness campaign for repatriated migrant workers from the Gulf
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- National Workers Welfare Trust (NWWT) organized an awareness campaign for repatriated migrant workers from the Gulf. The meeting was held at Red Cross Bhavan, NIZAMABAD, Telangana on 24th November 2020. The program was conducted in association with the Emigrants Welfare Forum (EWF) and Pravasi Mithra Labour Union (PMLU).
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- India
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National Workers Welfare Trust (NWWT) awareness campaign for repatriated migrant workers from the Gulf
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- National Workers Welfare Trust (NWWT) organized an awareness campaign for repatriated migrant workers from the Gulf, which was conducted at Mamada Village in Nirmal District with 'Justice for wage theft' as the main theme of the program..
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- India
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Justice for Wage Theft Series, Volume 3 Report | Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers During COVID-19
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- Migrant Forum in Asia releases the 3rd volume of its analysis report series, "Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers during COVID-19" This report is an analysis of the cases documented by MFA members and partners as part of the Justice for Wage Theft Campaign. As states go into crisis recovery, how have migrant workers been cast aside in the global response to the COVID-19 impact? How must stakeholders and duty bearers take action in ensuring that migrant workers achieve justice without delay? Volume 3 analyzes the wage theft cases experienced by migrant workers in the time of the pandemic since we started documenting cases, from July 2020 until December 2021.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES #JusticeForWageTheft Poster Competition
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- Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), together with the Cross-Regional Center for Migrants and Refugees (CCRM) and the Civil Society Action Committee (AC), is organizing the #JusticeForWageTheft Poster Competition as part of the Justice for Wage Theft Campaign. The competition aims to raise awareness and visibility on the issue of wage theft experienced by migrant workers who have been forced out of their jobs, forced to go on unpaid leave without being given their earned wages, salaries, and benefits, and forced to return home into situations of debt bondage. THEME OF THE COMPETITION: Wage theft against migrant workers and all related issues such as non-payment of wages and end of service benefits, forced unpaid leave or reduced wages, and lack of efficient and just redress mechanisms. The competition is open internationally. All artists aged 18 and above are qualified to apply and submit an entry. A regional winner will be determined for all six regions across the globe while a global winner will be chosen from the regional winners and will be determined through a panel of judges and via online voting. The selected entries for both the regional and global level will win a cash prize. You may access the full mechanics of the competition via this link: Mechanics JFWT Poster Competition To join the competition, please submit your entry via our entry submission form: https://bit.ly/3mQ3Ye3 All entries must be submitted on or before 28 October 2020. Winners will be announced on 11 November 2020.
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MFA, CIMS, and IIMAD: National Launch of Reports on Wage Theft Among Migrants in India
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), the Centre for Indian Migrant Studies (CIMS), and the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) will be launching a report on wage theft among Indian migrant workers. The launch is scheduled on 21 September at 4-5pm IST. Please feel free to join through this link: https://meet.google.com/ecu-odbh-gtp. #JusticeForWageTheft #wagetheft #India
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3 DAYS TO GO❗ VOLUME 3 Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers during COVID-19 Report Launch
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) invites you to the virtual launch of the 3rd Volume of Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers during COVID-19. This report is an analysis of the cases documented by MFA members and partners as part of the Justice for Wage Theft Campaign. Register here: bit.ly/3HNbAIl. Access the Program Agenda here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m3NjseEC_fDeHi0sZGeF8mHutipWy6J5/view
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National launch of the reports on Wage Theft among Migrants in India
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) in collaboration with the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) and Centre for Indian Migrant Studies (CIMS) are organising a virtual national launch of the study reports to initiate a wider discussion on the issue of wage theft in the Indian context. The event further aims to identify and recommend possible avenues of co-operation to address the issue. Government representatives, prominent academicians, trade unionists and civil society leaders will be part of the event. Event link - HTTPS://MEET.GOOGLE.COM/ECU-ODBH-GTP Access the program here: https://bit.ly/3EuIHiS
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Justice for Wage Theft: The Role of NHRIs in the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- MFA in collaboration with the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) of the Philippines, Nepal, and Maldives is organizing an webinar titled "Justice for Wage Theft: The Role of NHRIs in the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers". The webinar will be held on 17 December 2020 (Thursday) at 4:00PM - 5:30PM (Manila). The webinar will aim to look at how NHRIs have taken up the issue of wage theft that has been exacerbated by the pandemic. In addition, the session aims to discuss how NHRIs plan to take up the issue moving forward. We will be joined by the following panelists: Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimental-Gana, Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Philippines Mr. Kamal Thapa Kshetri, Officiating Chief of International Relation Division and Migrant Focal Person, Nepal Ms Moomina Waheed, Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives The webinar will be moderated by Mr. William Gois, Regional Coordinator, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA). REGISTRATION: Click on the link to register for the event: https://bit.ly/2Ko4h0V
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Justice for Wage Theft: Migrants' Month Calendar, Activity Guide, and Registration
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- MARK YOUR DECEMBER CALENDAR! Join us in a momentous celebration during Migrants' Month, a month-long celebration of International Migrants Day, in back to back activities organized by co-launchers of the Justice for Wage Theft (JFWT) campaign! We have a series of invigorating discussions lined up in the coming month! Make sure to save the date and watch out for these upcoming events on our Migrants' Month calendar, including the launch of the 3rd Volume of the JFWT case analysis report series, Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft against Migrant Workers during COVID-19, to be held on our International Migrants Day celebration on 17 December 2021. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION ON THE OTHER ACTIVITIES, CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR ACTIVITY GUIDE: https://bit.ly/3DrPUP2
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New fund to support migrant workers in Singapore
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- The Straits Time
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- Leap201 Singapore set up, Leap for Migrant Workers (L4M) a new fund dedicated to migrants both during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund looks into supporting migrants where they are most vulnerable in terms of low economic security and low health security, from living in migrant worker dormitories. Singapore committed $1M and will work closely with migrant worker organizations in supporting migrants.
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"Unpaid Wages and Remittances: Deconstructing the Impact of COVID-19 and Ways Forward"
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Join us in the webinar titled "Unpaid Wages and Remittances: Deconstructing the Impact of COVID-19 and Ways Forward". The webinar is in collaboration with the government of Switzerland and United Kingdom. It will be held on 09 December 2020 (Wednesday) at 1:00PM - 2:30PM (London) / 9:00PM - 10:30PM (Manila). The webinar will address the question of how a steady flow of remittances can be maintained by ensuring that migrant workers are compensated for their work in countries of destination. In addition, the webinar will explore what could be some of the innovative and informal ways of ensuring access to justice and compensation as a strategy to facilitate expedited remittances to families that strongly rely on them back home. We will be joined by the following panelists: Mr. Hanspeter Wyss, Program Manager, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland Dr. Dilip Ratha, Head of KNOMAD, World Bank Ms. Ellene Sana, Executive Director, Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), Philippines Prof. Ray Jureidini, Professor of Migration Ethics and Human Rights, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Prof. Francois Crepeau, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada The webinar will be moderated by Mr. William Gois, Regional Coordinator, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA). REGISTRATION: 1. Click on the link in the poster in advance to register for the event. REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3poKAX8 2. After registering, you will receive the Zoom link to the call to the email address you have provided. 3. For easier access, install Zoom first in your preferred device then click the Zoom link. Please find attached the event poster and the webinar concept note and agenda. Do feel free to circulate this invitation widely.
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The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) officially endorses Migrant Forum in Asia's (MFA) Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
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- Migrant Forum in Asia
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- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of long-term institutional investors representing $2 trillion USD in assets under management, formally endorses the MFA's Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers. The ICCR recognizes numerous retailers and manufacturers in all sectors avoiding liability for systemic abuse in the past which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. ICCR urges companies to implement human rights due diligence in their supply chains during and following the COVID-19 crisis and call on companies and investors to support MFA’s Justice for Wage Theft campaign.
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