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Tag Archives: International Labour Organization
New #ILO Protocol on Forced Labour adopted
Non-binding, informal processes, “best practices”, “voluntary” frameworks – all fine and good. But once more, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has demonstrated to be the place where legally binding agreements that benefit labour migrants can be reached. During its annual … Continue reading
Swedish GFMD Civil Society Days start today: livestream available #GFMDCSD
The plenary sessions of the GFMD Civil Society Days will be streamed live through Youtube (and shouds be available later for re-watching) . Here are the links to the live streams:
#IAmAMigrant – Today is International #MigrantsDay
Today International Migrants Day is being commemorated for the 14th time. Sadly, it is the first time since 2002 that the NGO “December 18″ – named after the day when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the “International Convention … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, ILO, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged civil society, development, domestic work, gfmd, global governance, human rights, iamr, ILO, International Labour Conference, International Labour Organization, International Migrants Day, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Non-governmental organization, Public international law, Storify, UN migrant worker convention, United Nation, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
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Out now: My book chapter “A Tale of Two Tactics: Civil Society and Competing Visions of Global Migration Governance from Below”
Today, the edited volume by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pecoud “Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People” has been published. The contributions critically examine how “a core feature of contemporary migration politics lies in the claim to regulate and discipline the … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, IAMR, Migration, PGA, WSFM
Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gender, gfmd, Global Forum on Migration, Global Forum on Migration and Development, global governance, human rights, iamr, ILO, Immigration, International Catholic Migration Commission, International Labour Organization, Mexico, Migrant worker, migration, NGO, Organization, pga, Philippines, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations, World Social Forum
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ILODomestic Worker convention enters into force today in Uruguay and the Philippines
Today marks the day that the ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers Comes into force in the first two countries who have ratified “C189”: Uruguay and the Philippines. This is an important step on the road to a more … Continue reading
Posted in ILO
Tagged Bolivia, civil society, Costa Rica, ILO, International Labour Organization, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Philippines, Uruguay
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Today is International Domestic Workers’ Day – 10 ratifications for ILO convention so far
Today marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the ILO Convention 189 on “decent work for domestic workers”and thus International Domestic Workers Days. After a slow start, the number of countries ratifying the convention is gradually increasing and I am happy … Continue reading
ILO domestic worker convention: one year old, one ratification – and far from being scrapped!
June 16 is International Domestic Workers Day! It marks the first anniversary of the adoption of the ILO convention 189 which aims for “decent work for domestic workers”. But some activists and observers were afraid that the first anniversary of … Continue reading
(Almost) in time: My IM article on the Mexican GFMD is online
If you came to this page because I linked the blog in my article, this is obviously old news to you – otherwise, may I point out my article on the Mexican GFMD which will appear in the upcoming issue of … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, IAMR, PGA
Tagged Amnesty International, borders, churches, Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gender, Geneva, Germany, gfmd, global governance, Government, human rights, iamr, ILO, integration, International Labour Conference, International Labour Organization, International Tribunal of Conscience, Manila, Merkel, Mexico, Mexico-City, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, pga, Philippines, Puerto Vallarta, securitization, Sweden, Switzerland, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations, United States, USA
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GMPA: How the world got it wrong on migration…
„The world is generally getting it wrong on migration“ – this statement was shared by several speakers at the launch event of the Global Migration Policy Associates (GMPA) that was held Monday afternoon. Examples given were the ignorance of policies … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, Migration
Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, European Union, gfmd, global governance, GMPA, human rights, Illegal immigration, ILO, Immigration, International Labour Conference, International Labour Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Migrant worker, migration, NGO, PICUM, Switzerland, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations
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New migration policy network organizes GFMD pre-event
The fifth GFMD will start next Tuesday, November 29, in Geneva, but as in previous years there are several pre- and side-events happening. One of them is organized by the newly formed Global Migration Policy Associates (GMPA). Their launch event, the … Continue reading
The GFMD, Migration, Development and Human Rights 