The Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TFAMW) brief conferences participants and distributed copies of the "Civil Society Proposal: ASEAN Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers". [ More... ]
The protection of migrant workers in the ASEAN region remains “very poor." In light of this, the civil society coalition led by Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TFAMW) called on the ASEAN to institute stronger mechanisms to safeguard the rights of migrant workers and their families in the region. [ More... ]
MTUC played a key role in organising the launch of the Civil Society proposal for an ASEAN Framework Instrument on the rights of migrant workers. Suahakam's Sivasubramaniam officially launch the civil society proposal at Wisma MTUC, Subang, Malaysia. More then 60 [ More... ]
27 January 2010, Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers co-organized, with the Indonesian Migrant working group led by Indonsian HRWG and the ASEAN Peoples' Center, the successful launching of the TFAMW Book in Jakarta. [ More... ]
Singapore Working Group for ASEAN together with the International Organization for Migration jointly conducted a workshop on Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers on 4th September 2009. [ More... ]
TF AMW proposes the ASEAN Civil Society Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of Migrant Worker to ASEAN, and calls for full participation and engagement of Trade Unions and NGOs to move forward. [ More... ]
After two years of intensive consultation, the civil society Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AMW) has formally proposed a detailed civil society Framework Instrument for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers to the Mr. Khamkhane Phinsavanh, Chairman of the ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM) at the Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on May 12, 2009. [ More... ]
The National Statement is the culmination of two days of consultation with 38 representatives from 17 organizations comprising of members of Singapore’s civil societies and trade unions. The consultation was held at the Peninsula Excelsior Hotel from 16-17 of April 2009 under the auspices of the Task Froce on ASEAN Migrant Workers. [ More... ]
TF AWM organized the Workshop as part of the programme of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum held at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, on 21 February 2009. [ More... ]
TF-AMW would greatly appreciate the opportunity to both formally convey the draft civil society “Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers” to the senior officials at the SLOM, and substantively engage them on the important issues and concerns. [ More... ]
November 24-25, the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers held a regional consultation to discuss and revise the draft instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. The meeting also developed a statement which was sent to the ASEAN Secretary-General, H.E. Surin Pitsuwan, and presented by Sinapan Samydorai, the Convener of the Task Force, at the ASEAN Social Forum held in the Philippines [ More... ]
More than 75 participants from mass organizations, civil society organizations, trade unions, and Government ministries participated actively in the Lao national consultation on the ASEAN Declaration on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. The participants shared information on the situation of the Lao migrant workers and make recommendation to better protect the rights of migrants workers. The recommendations include proposals for creating decent employment opportunities in Lao for all workers, and to ensure migrant workers in Laos and overseas are provided with decent working and living conditions, and terms of employment that respects core labour standards. [ More... ]
Cambodian civil society at the consultation develop comprehensive recommendations on the rights of migrant workers to both the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and to ASEAN. There were representatives from over 60 NGOs, trade unions, private sector companies, and civil society organizations, gathered on September 11-12, 2008 at the Phnom Penh Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to discuss the current situation faced by migrant workers leaving the country to work overseas and migrant workers entering the country. [ More... ]
13-14 August 2008 More then 70 representatives of civil society organisations and trade unions gathered in Shah Alam to conduct the National Consultation on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers under the auspices of the Task Force on Asean Migrant Workers mechanism. This is their collective statement.
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Regional consultation-workshop on Gender Perspectives on the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers convened on May 22-23, 2008 in Bangkok with the support of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers. [ More... ]
