ILO-DFID Partnership Programme on Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers in South Asia and the Middle East -Phase II

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The ILO-DFID partnership programme is a five-year, inter-regional development cooperation programme addressing forced labour. It constitutes a second phase of the previous Work in Freedom Programme (2013-2018) The overall aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to trafficking and forced labour of women and girls across migration pathways leading to the care work and textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries of South Asia and Arab States. The project will contribute towards bringing about a sustained situation where women and girls in South Asia and Arab States are less vulnerable to trafficking and forced labour in emerging sectors of migrant employment. The programme will address key drivers and vulnerabilities of human trafficking, such as (a) gender and other forms of discrimination, distress migration and poor working and living conditions, through an integrated prevention strategy of (1) targeted social protection and empowerment, (2) fair recruitment practices and (3) evidence based policy advocacy for decent work options. At least 350,000 women and girls will be reached at source and destination in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, Oman, Bahrein, Lebanon and Jordan . If policy recommendations are implemented, the programme could indirectly reach over one million. Key stakeholders will include governments, social partners, the private sector, NGOs and importantly, the voice and participation of women migrant workers themselves.

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