CARAM Asia’s internship programme aims to develop a human rights perspective and deepen the understanding of interns on the issues of migration and health.
More specifically, this will afford them the opportunity to acquire practical experience of work in NGOs and civil society while learning different advocacy, campaigning, researching and networking skills.
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CARAM Asia internship programme now available for students
Published by July 20th, 2008 in Announcement and Civil Liberties. 0 CommentsProfiting from Health Testing of Migrants
Published by May 26th, 2008 in Public Health and Migration. 0 CommentsCARAM Asia would like to respond to articles published in (The New Sunday Times on 25 May) on the issue of domestic workers entering the country with diseases who have purportedly passed the health testing carried out by health testing providers.
The failure of health testing system
These articles reinforced CARAM Asia’s findings […]
KUALA LUMPUR 2 May, 2008: In Asia, domestic work is only recognised and covered under the labour laws of Hong Kong. The Malaysian Employment Act 1955 mentioned domestic worker as “servant” who is not entitled to the same labour rights as other workers. Therefore, on the occasion of the International Labour Day, CARAM Asia […]
CARAM Asia’s Open Letter to Governments in Asia: Fight HIV
Published by May 17th, 2008 in Public Health. 0 CommentsDear Prime Minister/President/Minister of Health:
Migrant workers’ vulnerability to sexual violence, lack of access to affordable health care services and HIV prevention programmes are causes of HIV infections that can be mitigated. Therefore, CARAM Asia urged you to address these vulnerabilities through HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes targeting migrant communities.
In conjunction with the Global AIDS […]
End Violence Against Migrant Workers
Published by December 18th, 2007 in Violence, Corporate Social Responsibility and Labour. 0 CommentsKUALA LUMPUR 18 Dec, 2007: All State and non-State parties proactively end the persistent violence against migrant workers across the globe.
This was the call of CARAM Asia, a network of 27 NGOs and CBOs covering 16 countries in Asia in conjunction with the International Migrant Day (IMD) celebration.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 1 December, 2007:
Mandatory health testing of migrant workers and subsequent refusal of entry for work or deportation on the basis of their health or HIV status violates basic human rights and contributes to the discrimination and stigmatization of migrants and people living with HIV. CARAM Asia, a network representing migrant workers, calls […]
Act Now ASEAN!
Published by September 29th, 2007 in Civil Liberties and International Affairs. 0 CommentsMembers of the CARAM Asia Network salute the courageous act of thousands of Burma’s citizens and stand in solidarity in their call to end political oppression. We urge ASEAN heads of States to continue to put pressure on Burma’s military regime to allow its citizens the right to assemble and show their dissent peacefully.
The socio-economic […]
4th Regional Training Course on Migrant Workers’ Rights and Advocacy in the Asia-Pacific
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Published by August 1st, 2007
in Event and Migration.
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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 […]
Foreign Domestic Workers - Unrecognised, Unprotected and Under Paid!
Published by July 18th, 2007 in Economic Rights, Labour and Migration. 0 CommentsRecognising the need for a regional response to the lack of labour and health protection for foreign domestic workers in Asia, six regional networks - Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM-Asia), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development ( APWLD), Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), Asia Pacific Mission for […]
Growing Trends Restricting Freedom of Movement for Migrants in Malaysia & Thailand
Published by April 17th, 2007 in Labour and Migration. 0 CommentsFreedom to move and go about doing things without controls is what every human being aspires. This basic human right would be stamped out for some 2.8 million foreign workers in Malaysia & Thailand should governments confine them to their ramshackle living quarters.
Caram Asia is deeply vexed with recent announcements made by the Malaysian government […]
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