Preventing the exploitation of women migrant workers in ASEAN

With the support of the Australian Government, UN Women will be executing a project on ‘Preventing the Exploitation of Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN’. Building on its existing work within ASEAN on safe migration, ending all forms of violence against women, social protection and increasing women’s voice and participation in decision-making, UN Women, working in partnership at regional and national levels, will contribute to strengthening protections to counter and prevent the abuse, violence, trafficking and exploitation of women migrant workers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) proposes this project intervention to enhance the benefits of labour migration in the ASEAN region through improved protection of women migrant workers. The proposed project will build on a dynamic ILO labour migration programme in Southeast Asia, which is funded by the Australian Government and the Canadian Government. ILO will be an implementing partner of the UN Women’s project. In addition, coordination and synergies will be mutually enhanced where project outputs can build on existing UN Women and ILO work, in particular of the GMS TRIANGLE and ASEAN TRIANGLE projects. The project will benefit from products and tools developed under these projects, in particular the Pre-Departure Orientation Training Curriculum (PDTC), the Saphan Siang and Migration Works youth and CSO networks, and the network of 23 Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs). The development and implementation of the strategies will be informed by and undertaken in close partnership with relevant ASEAN bodies, governments, social partners, and regional and national CSOs. The ILO is already active in implementing aspects of all three project strategies identified by UN Women through the GMS and ASEAN TRIANGLE projects, and these interventions will allow for greater focus on the specific needs of women migrant workers.

Project symbol

RAS/15/01/UNW

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific

Start date

02/03/2015

End date

30/06/2017

Total allocation

299600

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

299600

Development Partners

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Promoting fair and effective labour migration policies