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HIV Vulnerabilities of Migrant Women: from Asia to the Arab States |
 This is a qualitative research study undertaken by UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme – in close partnership with Coordination of Action Research for AIDS and Mobility in Asia (CARAM Asia) and the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center (CLMC), and with support from UNAIDS, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - on the HIV vulnerabilities of Asian migrant women in Arab states. The study covered four countries of origin: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka; and three host countries: Bahrain, Lebanon, and specifically Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Read the full report |
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Thousands of Refugees Living in Constant Fear of Arrest |
By Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, June 29, 2010 (IPS) - As Rajoo, 27, makes tea at a rundown shed in Brickfields, a depressed suburb of the capital inhabited by hundreds of Tamil immigrants from Sri Lanka, he evinces no sign of anxiety and a deep yearning for something.
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Government blamed for human trafficking |
Ridwan Max SijabatThe Jakarta Post JAKARTA 8 June, 2010. While accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his state visit to Singapore and Malaysia in May, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono held a dialogue in a labor shelter in Kuala Lumpur with 45 female Indonesian migrant workers who had become victims of human trafficking. The workers revealed they had traveled with falsified documents, including personal identity cards, and that they had been sent by official labor supplying companies. |
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Burmese migrants riot in Malaysian camp |
By PETER AUNG Published: 7 June, 2010. Some 200 Burmese and Vietnamese migrants held in a Malaysian immigration camp last night rioted and attempted to set the camp’s administration office on fire.Malaysian news agency Bernama reported that the riots were sparked by a fight between two Vietnamese inmates, although the New Straits Times claim they were protesting about poor living conditions. DVB was unable to contact anyone on the issue.
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1st battle Won! ILO DW Convention Supplemented by Recommendation |
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GENEVA 5 June, 2010: One of the governments put in an amendment to the text to have a recommendation instead of a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation during the Domesitc Workers(DW) Committee meeting at the International Labour Conference. Other governments supporting this weak position. Among their reasons for objection is that it’s hard to inspect.
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