Work in Freedom Programme
The Work in Freedom programme adopts an integrated and targeted approach to reduce vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women and girls in South Asian countries of origin (Bangladesh, India and Nepal) and in selected destination countries (India, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait and Oman). On the one hand, interventions strengthen both migrants and aspiring migrants’ understanding of their own rights in the context of patriarchy, mobility and work. From another angle the programme strengthens the capacity of local and regional groups and institutions to better guarantee labour mobility and livelihood options.
The Work in Freedom programme is an ILO-DFID partnership consisting of direct interventions supporting migrant women workers, engagement with employers and labour intermediaries, documentation of lessons learned, policy advocacy on working and living conditions of migrant women workers and research in some countries of South and West Asia. The programme expects to document and disseminate evidence that can strengthen coordination among women, migration and worker networks to inform and advocate for better laws, policies, and practices in countries and states of origin and destination.
Publications
The Work in Freedom programme identified broadly five areas where further research and evidence could be useful for advocacy groups and policy makers. These included
- Reviews of specific laws and policies regarding migrant domestic and garment work in relation to prevailing practices;
- Agrarian crisis, women’s work and mobility trends in the targeted sectors;
- Contracting and labour supply chains and understanding recruitment practices across specific pathways covered by the programme;
- Employers’ attitudes, working and living conditions; and
- Violence in the world of women’s work.
The enlisted studies, papers have been prepared either directly by the ILO or in collaboration with research partners.
These pages are meant to regroup material produced as part of the Work in Freedom Programme or in association with it. It contains material prepared by the ILO, partners of the Work in Freedom programme, or authors associated with the Work in Freedom programme. These blog pages are in no way replacement of official websites of ILO or of partner websites. Click here to download a PDF file that has an updated list of all the publications of the programme and of its partners.
Disclaimer: The ILO’s Work in Freedom is an integrated development cooperation programme aiming to reduce the vulnerability to forced labour for women migrating for garment and domestic work. It is funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development. However, the views expressed in these pages of the blog do not necessarily reflect the department’s official policies.
The responsibility for opinions expressed in signed articles, studies and other contributions rests solely with their authors, and the knowledge pieces listed in the blog pages does not constitute an endorsement by the International Labour Office of the opinions expressed in them. The blog hyperlinks to other websites imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in those other websites on the part of the Work in Freedom Programme or ILO.
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