(NB: For a copy of the application form, please leave a comment and we will e-mail it to you)
We are pleased to inform you that Migrant Forum in Asia*, in partnership with the Diplomacy Training Program**, is now calling for applications for its 4th regional training course on migrant workers’ rights and advocacy in the Asia/Pacific which will be held from 15 - 19 October 2007 in Phnom Penh , Cambodia, hosted by Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) Cambodia***.
The training course follows on from successful capacity building programs on migrant workers rights facilitated by MFA and DTP in Indonesia (2004), Bangladesh (2005) and Malaysia (2006). The week-long program will centre around the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Family (ICRMW) and other relevant legal standards.
The course will bring together advocates from the human rights movement, migrant workers organisations, women’s organisations, national human rights institutions and trade unions. The course content will focus on the ICRMW in the context of the broader human rights framework, and other relevant standards such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions. It will explore some of the key trends affecting migrant workers’ rights and identify some of the challenges to implementing ICRMW and other relevant standards in the Asia-Pacific region. The ICRMW, which came into force in 2003, and the ILO Conventions, have the potential to inform policy and practice in relation to one of the region’s greatest human rights challenges.
The course will provide participants with background knowledge about key aspects of the ICRMW, its monitoring and reporting regime, as well as critical information regarding the ILO conventions. Participants will also develop practical skills in advocacy, lobbying and working with the media to advance migrant workers’ rights.
The course is particularly for community advocates from the Asia-Pacific region, particularly those who work for human rights, women’s and migrant worker non-government organisations, National Human Rights Institutions and trade unions.
Attached is the training brochure and application form for your reference. Please note that the deadline for applications is 7 September, 2007.
We will appreciate if you could circulate this information to your local and regional networks.
Courage, Peace, Power
who are preparing to migrate abroad.
I just got this information from my colleagues, I am really intereted to join but it is late already. By the way, I am in Phnom Penh, is it possible for me to join without any support from you?
Please do let me know the location if you could allow me to join!
Best warm, Sithan