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Domestic Workers' Day, but no day-off for Indonesians |
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By Susan Loone KUALA LUMPUR, 28th August 2010: A regional NGO has reminded the Malaysian government that domestic workers, for whom weekly day offs was announced last year, still cannot enjoy a respite from work.
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International Day of Solidarity with Foreign Domestic Workers |
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KUALA LUMPUR, 28th August 2010: While a Sri Lankan Domestic Worker have to go through surgery after her Saudi employer hammers 23 nails into her body, CARAM Asia and its members spread throughout Asia called upon governments to address the root causes for these abuse and exploitation, which is the non recognition of the rights of domestic workers.
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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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