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Human rights and dignity for all migrant : a report of the 2008 mfs migrants'campaign month (MCM) 25 november-18 december 2008

While there is a burgeoning demand for female migrants, particularly in the domestic help and care sectors in the Gulf states and South East Asian countries, onus lies on both the sending and receiving states to ensure that these workers are adequately protected, and live and work in decent conditions. It is in this context that UN Women has developed a Standard Terms of Employment (STOE) following an extensive consultative process of various stakeholders in different parts of Asia. The Migrant Forum in Asia helped the process of preparing the document. The STOE is the result of a review of existing employment contracts and bilateral labour agreements; a series of focus group discussions in both sending and receiving states; and a review of activities and outputs of various UN agencies including the ILO.
The relevance of STOE is crucial as migrant DWs are excluded from the labour laws of both sending and receiving countries. UN Women rightly highlights that through their status as migrant and as women they are “doubly vulnerable”. The agency further argues that as domestic work takes place in informal and private settings the importance of formalisation cannot be overemphasised. Adequate care has been taken so that employment contracts adhere to international standards of labour and human rights protection of women migrant domestic workers. The STOE is a handy tool for the sending states to ensure protection of female DWs. It also serves as a template for the private sector to ensure ethical recruitment of female DWs and a model for public policy advocacy for the migrant rights groups.

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Philippines : Migrant Forum in Asia.,
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65 hlm. : ilus. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Migran
Buruh migran
Pekerja migran
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