Promotion of Gender-Sensitive labour migration policies in Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Date Shared:

Monday, December 30, 2013 - 12:45

Countries and areas:

Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Targets on vulnerability and protection

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

Objective 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits

Contributors:

International Organizations

Member States

Chairmanship:

Sweden 2013-2014

Geographical Relevance:

Regional

Tags:

Policy Coherence, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants, Gender

Summary:

The programme objective is to strengthen the capacity of policy makers and social partners to adopt and implement gender-sensitive labour migration policies, legislation and administration. This will be done by promoting:

i) the adoption and implementation of policies, legislation and administration for better regulation of labour migration flows;

ii) strategies to enhance social security coverage of migrant worker and their families, and;

iii) the improvement of skills’ matching between sending and receiving countries and reducing de-skilling.

Link:

For more information: http://www.ilo.org/eval/Evaluationreports/WCMS_220662/lang--en/index.htm

Link to documents:

Project mid-term evaluation report: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_mas/---eval/documents/publication/wcms_220662.pdf

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda ".