Global Forum on Migration and Development
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Date Shared: 
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 16:15
Title: 

Not a minute more: Time to Protect the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers - A Check List and Policy Tool Kit to Protect the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers

Countries and areas: 
Ghana, Jamaica, Philippines, Turkey
Partner(s): 
UN Women, IOM
Thematic Area: 
Data and research, Labour migration and mobility, Rights of migrants
Tags: 
Policy Coherence
Summary: 

Given the practical action oriented focus, the agreed checklist will be launched by the governments of Jamaica, Ghana and others at GFMD 2012 in Mauritius as a migration and development practice. The launching governments will initiate a "call for action" for governments to identify which provisions in the checklist are already being implemented in their countries and send in these good practices to UN Women. With the help of partner agencies, responses will be collected and an analytical inventory of protection initiatives by GFMD governments developed. This will (a) help bring more evidence into future discussions and (b) inform the development of a migration and development policy tool kit that guides action to protect domestic workers.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2010 - Mexico

GFMD 2011 - Thematic Meetings Jamaica and Ghana

GFMD 2012 - Mauritius (Roundtable 3.3 "Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers – Enhancing their Development Potential")

Link to documents: 
  • Checklist to Protect and Support Domestic Workers
  • Background Papers on Domestic Workers at the interface of Migration and development, Global Thematic Workshops Jamaica and Ghana, GFMD 2011
  • Background Paper on Protecting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers: Enhancing their Development Potential, GFMD 2012, Mauritius

Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 14:14): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/5