Global Forum on Migration and Development
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Date Shared: 
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 12:15
Title: 

Protecting Migrant Workers’ Rights in Jordan (2012 - 2013)

Countries and areas: 
Jordan
Partner(s): 
ILO Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), US Department of State
Thematic Area: 
Governance of migration and coordination of dialogue, Rights of migrants
Tags: 
Migration in the United Nations, Policy Coherence, Capacity Building, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants
Summary: 

This ILO and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) partner project, aims to increase respect for the fundamental rights of workers in Jordan, particularly foreign migrant workers. It supports trade unions outreach to empower migrant workers, providing them with better services and information; it engages factory and QIZ managers, employers and recruitment agencies to increase awareness of workers’ rights; and supports labour-management cooperation aiming for more, better collective bargaining agreements in the QIZ and the construction sector.

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 ".

Link: 

For more information:

  • http://www.ilo.org/beirut/projects/WCMS_213470/lang--en/index.htm
  • http://www.ilo.org/migrant
  • ...

Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 02:01): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/96