Global action programme on migrant domestic workers and their families

The project "Global action programme on migrant domestic workers and their families" has as its main objective to enhance decent work opportunities for migrant domestic workers by reducing their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse and mitigating the adverse impact of migration on families left behind. It has the following specific objectives : 1. To enhance the knowledge base on migration in global care chains through comparative, quantitative and qualitative research in selected countries; 2. To raise awareness on migrant domestic workers' human and labour rights and on the role played by those rights as a catalyst of social and economic development; 3. To pilot test innovative capacity building approaches to protect, support and empower migrant domestic workers at all stages of the migration cycle. The target groups are government officials responsible for the preparation and implementation of employment and migration policies; employers' and workers' organizations, Public and Private Employment Agencies; relevant civil society organizations; broader public audience of young people as drivers of attitudinal changes. The final beneficiaries are women and men migrant workers involved in domestic work and their family members in countries of origin, transit and destination.

Project symbol

GLO/12/28/EEC

Admin unit

MIGRANT

Start date

01/02/2013

End date

31/01/2016

Total allocation

4248211

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

3790404

Development Partners

European Commission, Europe Aid

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Promoting fair and effective labour migration policies
Advocacy for decent work