Women Migrant Workers

West Hampstead Women's Centre - Rukshana Chisti

21/12/12

13:51 minutos (12.72 MB) | 787 leído | 496 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Camden Community Radio’s Cina Aissa went to an International Women’s Day celebration in March 2012. There she discovered the West Hampstead Women’s Centre and the amazing woman who has been its backbone for twenty one years.

Women Migrant Workers

United Kingdom

Marieke Koning: It's very important to keep up the pressure on governments!

12/12/12

10:39 minutos (9.76 MB) | 972 leído | 231 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

In this interview produced by Nina Haase for Radio1812, Marieke Koning from the ITUC gives an update on the first year of campaigning for the ratification of ILO Convention 189 and argues why it's very important to achieve respect for domestic workers.

Transcript is attached.

Journée internationale pour l’abolition de l’esclavage : Ban Ki-moon appelle à lutter contre les nouvelles formes de servitude

02/12/12

1:14 minutos (580.69 KB) | 273 leído | 177 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Le 21ème siècle voit surgir de nouvelles formes d’esclavage, affirme le Secrétaire général de l’ONU dans un message destiné à marquer la Journée internationale pour l’abolition de cette pratique, observée ce dimanche 2 décembre et dans lequel il exhorte aussi les États Membres à se mobiliser contre ce fléau.

ODYSSEIA November 2012: The struggle for migrant domestic workers' rights!

18/11/12

29:07 minutos (26.65 MB) | 1564 leído | 356 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Around the world, millions of domestic workers clean, cook, look after children and elderly people and do other tasks for private households. Many of these workers are migrant workers facing harsh working conditions and who are at a heightened risk of exploitation. In this new edition of Odysseia we are therefore paying special attention to the 12-by-12 Campaign, launched by the ITUC in December 2011 in partnership with a wide range of civil society organizations.

Culture Shots # 38

05/09/12

24:08 minutos (22.09 MB) | 500 leído | 319 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

In this programme Malika Iskander and Nalini Dennis gather information on the supports available for women experiencing domestic violence, with a focus on the special needs of migrant women. Featuring interviews with Aoibhneas, Women’s Aid and Hannah, a migrant woman whose reflects on her experience of using both services.

The Culture Shots series is part of the Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media project.

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Produce by Near FM in Ireland

Ireland

Domestic workers in Singapore open to mistreatment

03/01/12

5:15 minutos (4.8 MB) | 828 leído | 229 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

A Singapore advocate for the rights of migrant workers says the Philippines government should do more to protect it’s people overseas.

Women migrant workers in Slovakia

18/12/11

7:25 minutos (6.79 MB) | 734 leído | 209 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Radio Slovakia International's Anca Dragu looks at the situation of female migrants in Slovakia.

Women Migrant Workers

Slovakia

Australia: Push to grant visas to migrant sex workers

18/11/11

5:11 minutos (4.75 MB) | 1137 leído | 209 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

The sex industry is pushing for changes to Australia's immigration system to give migrant sex workers the same visa rights as other professions and trades. And an independent UN expert on trafficking has arrived in Australia to look at the situation for victims and to discuss this country's anti-trafficking measures.

Nigerian human rights lawyer Joy Ezeilo has been meeting with Asian women employed in several brothels in Sydney she'll also consult government and NGOs.

Australia

Philippine immigrant maid wins landmark Hong Kong case

07/10/11

5:24 minutos (4.94 MB) | 1341 leído | 210 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Hong Kong's High Court has ruled that a domestic helper from the Philippines should be allowed to apply for permanent residency in the city. The case was brought by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, who has worked to for the same Hong Kong employer for more than 25 years. The ruling could lead to more than 100,000 other foreign maids winning rights to residency.

Banyar Kong Janoi takes a look at why the case is so import to the lives of thousands of people.

Women Migrant Workers

Femmes de migrants (1)

05/09/11

1:35 minutos (1.45 MB) | 947 leído | 183 cargamientos | descargar este archivo

Programme sur la situation des femmes de migrants avec Emmanuelle Bouilly, doctorante en sciences politiques à Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne et Papa Demba Fall, géographe à l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.

Par Emmanuelle Bastide