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Good Practices To Protect Women Migrant Workers

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High Level Government Meeting of Countries of Employment, Ministry of Labor, Royal Thai Government and UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia, Bangkok, 2006.

The aim of this meeting is to provide a forum for sharing information on the profile of women migrant workers in destination countries; facilitate the exchange of information on good practices by destination country governments to protect women migrant workers, especially domestic workers; and encourage the adoption of good practices by all destination
countries.

Migration for employment purposes is a component of population movement in all countries, with the Asian region contributing a large percentage of the world’s migrant workforce, notably from the Philippines, China, Indonesia and several South Asian countries. In fact, many countries are both senders and receivers of migrant workers. The benefits of economic migration to countries of origin are well-documented. Migrant worker remittances make significant contributions to GDP; family welfare, education and consumer demand; and community-level development.

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