Tag Archives: migration
Lakshmi Puri underlines urgent need to take more courageous and decisive action against human trafficking
Speech by Lakshimi Puri, UN Women Acting Executive Director, during an interactive panel discussion on “Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Prevention and Prosecution in the Implementation of the Global Plan of Action” at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the United Nations Appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons on 13 May 2013 at the General Assembly in New York.
Posted in Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri, Ending Violence against Women, Human Rights, News, Speeches and Statements
Tagged Brazil, Cambodia, CSW, Egypt, exploitation, human rights, human trafficking, India, Jordan, Malaysia, migration, Morocco, Nigeria, prevention, prosecution, protection, services, slavery, survivors, UN, UN Women, Viet Nam
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Domestic Workers Count Too: Ensuring protection, upholding rights
At a side event on 11 March, UN Women launched a new briefing kit on laws and services for domestic workers and highlighted the need for more coherent, gender-sensitive and rights-based migration and labour policies, as well as accountability and compliance.
Posted in Economic Empowerment, Ending Violence against Women, Human Rights, News
Tagged domestic workers, housekeepers, ILO, ITUC, labour policies, migration, nannies, Philippines, rights, UN Women
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