On 13-14 November 2015 Members of the Asian Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Labour Migration from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea and Sri Lanka gathered together for its 5th Annual Meeting. Also present were select members of civil society organisations and trade unions in Malaysia. With the central theme “The Sustainable Development Agenda: The role of parliaments in translating global goals to...
Read MoreThe Asian Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Labour Migration met for the 7th consecutive year in Bangkok, Thailand on November 22-24th, 2013. The conference was organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Friedrich‐Ebert‐Stiftung (FES), Congressional Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs (COWA), and UN Women for the convening of the largest parliamentary conference since its inception in 2007. Fifty participants were brought together that...
Read MoreThirty-Four Members of Parliament from across Asia, in a strong display of solidarity with migrant domestic workers, have signed a statement endorsing the recently-released Human Rights Watch Report on Cambodian Domestic Workers in Malaysia. The initiative to endorse this report was taken by members of the Asian Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Labour Migration. This endorsement of the Human Rights Watch report is among the first...
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This September 2011 meeting of parliamentarians in Phnom Penh, parallel to the meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), was convened on the theme of ‘Ensuring Social Protection for Migrant Workers.’ Discussions addressed social protection schemes for migrants and their families in light of the many insecurities, anxieties, and uncertainties that migrants and their families currently face, and will continue...
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