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Convention Time Pt.1: The ILO convention on decent work for domestic workers
‘ Two conventions are at the heart of the deliberations of this year’s PGA. Let’s start with the one that has not yet been signed, ratified or even adopted and the negotiations will have to be...
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“A dream come true”: ILO convention on decent work for domestic workers
“This convention has been a dream of domestic workers” says Hessen El Sayah from Caritas Lebanon. Her excitement is shared by many representatives of labour organisations, domestic workers and migrant...
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International Migrants’ Day – a date with its own radio station
As most of you are aware, today is International Migrants’ Day. The date was chosen because the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...
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ILO domestic worker convention: one year old, one ratification – and far from...
June 16 is International Domestic Workers Day! It marks the first anniversary of the adoption of the ILO convention 189 which aims for “decent work for domestic workers”. But some activists and...
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Some new publications on the GFMD, WSFM and ILO…
With the GFMD in Mauritius and the World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM) in Manila merely days away, may I point out some publications on the subject I was involved with and how to access them?...
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Today is International Domestic Workers’ Day – 10 ratifications for ILO...
Today marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the ILO Convention 189 on “decent work for domestic workers”and thus International Domestic Workers Days. After a slow start, the number of...
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ILODomestic Worker convention enters into force today in Uruguay and the...
Today marks the day that the ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers Comes into force in the first two countries who have ratified “C189″: Uruguay and the Philippines. This is an...
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Out now: my review essay on “Global migration governance without migrants?”
Greetings from New York, where I have arrived right in time for the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development. So has my review essay on „Global migration governance without migrants? The...
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IOM vs. ILO: The battle for the “leading organisation in migration” #HLD2013
Are there any concrete outcomes to be expected from the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development? No and yes. No, because no binding resolution or the like is to be expected from this...
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#IAmAMigrant – Today is International #MigrantsDay
Today International Migrants Day is being commemorated for the 14th time. Sadly, it is the first time since 2002 that the NGO “December 18″ – named after the day when the General Assembly of the...
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New #ILO Protocol on Forced Labour adopted
Non-binding, informal processes, “best practices”, “voluntary” frameworks – all fine and good. But once more, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has demonstrated to be the place where legally...
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Out Now: „More than Remittances: Resisting the Dominant Discourse and Policy...
An article by Nicola Piper and myself has just been published as part of a Special Issue on “Rethinking Resistance in Development Studies”. The goal of this Special Issue of the Journal for Development...
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On #InternationalMigrantsDay: New „Step It Up‘“ campaign to ratify UN...
Today is International Migrants Day and migrants, NGOS and grassroots movements as well as international organisations commemorate the day when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the...
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Today is International #DomesticWorkers Day – Campaign #OurHands launched
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the ILO Convention 189 on “Decent Work for Domestic Workers” (including migrant domestic workers) and since then June 16 is celebrated as...
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Migrants on #InternationalWomensDay : Stop gender-based violence –and its...
Today is International Women’ Day and in the light of the current political situation, the rights of migrant and refugee women receive particular attention. Several migrant organisations have issued...
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Will the International Organization for #Migration ( #IOM ) move closer...
On September 19, the United Nations (UN) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) might sign a new relationship agreement. There are several scenarios regarding the content of this...
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Today is International #DomesticWorkersDay – 5 years after the convention
On June 16 2011, the ILO adopted Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers and its accompanying Recommendation 201. Since then, after a slow start progress has been made: 22 countries have...
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IOM will join UN System today – but without any rights-based mandate...
At todays UN High-Level Plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants in New York, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will become a “related organization” of...
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2017 #GFMD in Germany: Deutschsprachige Beiträge zu #Migration, #Entwicklung...
(With this years’ GFMD taking place in Berlin, I have compiled some of my German language ressources). Im Vergleich zur globalen Debatte wird der Zusammenhang von Migration und Entwicklung in...
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Today is International #DomesticWorkersDay – reports and demands from migrant...
On June 16 2011, the ILO adopted Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers and its accompanying Recommendation 201. By now 24 countries have ratified the convention – 2 up from last year – ,...
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