Risks and rewards: Outcomes of labor migration in South-East Asia

Labor migration has never featured more prominently within South-East Asia than it does today. However, the realities experienced by migrant workers are often hidden from view due to the temporary …

Mongolia policy brief: Freedom of Association and Collective bargaining

This policy brief examines law and practice in Mongolia in light of international labour standards relating to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Mongolia ratified both the Freedom of Association …

Mongolia: Technical explanatory note: The criminalization of discrimination

This note briefly addresses the general legal framework of discrimination in the current legislation of Mongolia, including Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), ratified by Mongolia. The newly …

Mongolia policy brief: Forced labour

This policy brief addresses the law and practice of forced labour in Mongolia in light of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) and the Abolition of Forced Labour Covention, …

Review of labor migration policy in Malaysia

During the last few years, an increasing number of reports have documented serious labor rights abuses against migrant workers in Malaysia, including cases of forced labor and human trafficking. Responding …

THE COST OF MIGRATION: WHAT LOW-SKILLED MIGRANT WORKERS FROM PAKISTAN PAY TO WORK IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRAT

This report is based on the Pakistan-related findings of a survey conducted in 2013 pertaining to migration costs across a number of corridors, including migration from South Asia to the …

Migration and trade unions—an outline of international standards, regional trends and good practices

This article focuses on the problem that many migrant workers’ trade unions rights are denied in South-East Asia, lists the international regulations on this problem and discusses how to promote …

Protecting pregnant workers’ rights in Lesotho

This article relates the problems of a specific pregnant worker in Lesotho who was aware of her maternity leave rights, as well as other rights afforded to her in a …

Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN

This policy brief examines ASEAN migration policies and the specific impact on women migrants. The authors provide recommendations of how to ensure that women migrant workers are best protected and able …

Good practices on the role of trade unions in protecting and promoting the rights of migrant workers in Asia

This report documents selected good practices of trade union actions taken place in Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China, …

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