Vienna (Associated Press) - Most victims of discrimination in the European Union are unaware of their rights and often don’t know how or where to file a complaint, a watchdog said Wednesday.
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency also said in its annual report that a majority of countries in the 27-nation bloc do [...]
[United Press International] The European Union has adopted a work permit programme modeled after the U.S. Green Card residency program aimed at bringing in highly skilled foreign workers.
The so-called Blue Card, which was formally adopted at a ministerial meeting on 25 May 2009 in Brussels, will allow immigrants to work in any EU member state, [...]
IOM Bangladesh - IOM and the UN’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) are holding on 27 May a high-level policy dialogue in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on Bangladeshi female migrant workers.
This one-day event will bring together key representatives from the government, national parliament, international organizations, migrant [...]
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
The Global Nation, Philippines - As one of the biggest sources of migrant workers in the world, the Philippines should step up initiatives to ensure the protection of the rights of its workers, an arm of the United Nations (UN) said in a report.
The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of [...]
Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue Network - At a recently concluded conference at the Hague, Arab and European human rights institutions and international organizations agreed on a series of recommendations to protect the rights of migrant workers in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis. Roughly one out of every thirty-five persons in the world [...]
In an address to a Special Session of the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, appealed to states and the corporate world to ensure that their policies and practices do not jeopardize people’s human rights. Ms. Pillay warned that the downturn in economies around the world was likely to “undermine access to work, affordability of food and housing, as well as of water, basic health care and education.”
She urged states to “ensure that domestic policy adjustments, particularly those in fiscal spending, are not taken at the expense of the poor through cutbacks in basic services and social protection mechanisms.” “A human rights approach will contribute to making solutions more durable in the medium and long run,” she told the gathering of government delegates, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Ms. Pillay underscored the necessity “to identify the specific needs and entitlements of vulnerable groups and individuals, particularly women and children, migrants, refugees, indigenous peoples, minorities and persons with disabilities.
UNDP report outlines protection policies for countries receiving and sending migrant women
Manila - Despite the substantial economic benefits that Asian women migrant workers generate from their work in the Arab region, they often migrate under unsafe conditions, are targets of sexual exploitation and violence, and are highly vulnerable to factors that lead to HIV infection, [...]
