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📢 *ANNOUNCEMENT* WBI Releases Policy Brief on Leveraging Responsible Recruitment for Sustainable Development in Labour Migration to Taiwan. Authored by Shuhan Lin and Dr. Bonny Ling, this Brief outlines the important contributions made by #MigrantWorkers to #SustainableDevelopment outcomes via #remittances, as well as the associated loss or delay of positive development due to Taiwan’s flawed labour recruitment system. "Glad to have an analysis focusing on the contributions of migrant workers in Taiwan to human development, in concrete statistics and in stories. The topic has long been overlooked.” - Shuhan Lin We thank the Indonesian journalist Randy Mulyanto (許意隆) for the two story features of Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan, which framed remittance statistics on the lived experiences of migration. This is the second policy brief, produced under WBI’s Taiwan Project with the Law School of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, to accompany the upcoming Taiwan Business Forum on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Taipei, on 9 April. To view or download the full brief 📖 https://lnkd.in/ekS43t_h To read a short summary of the brief, please see our announcement 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHTdK3aV To register for the Forum 👉 https://lnkd.in/es8pimME.

We are speaking tonight at Generation Now Asia (GNA) in Taipei with Institute for Human Rights and Business's Neill Wilkins and Guna Subramaniam on Burmese #MigrantWorkers in #Thailand: Growing Vulnerability and Risks of Exploitation. Generation Now Asia (GNA) is a civil society organisation on a mission to inspire and empower the next generation through educational community events and workshops to build grassroots engagement and provide young people with the necessary skills to drive meaningful change. During this event, participants will explore the urgent need to create robust protection mechanisms for Southeast Asian migrant workers via an interactive workshop. Find out more below; and the event will be in English with some translation into Chinese. #Myanmar Generation Now Asia （GNA, 亞洲鬧世代）提高大眾對東南亞人權議題的認識: 亞洲鬧世代致力於提供有關東南亞人權議題、社會運動和公民社會現況的最新資訊。您只要關注我們的社交媒體，將隨時隨地了解該地區的重要議題和發展動態！ https://lnkd.in/eQrbM_Uz

Malaysia—both the government and businesses will need to step up very fast on labour reforms and protections for all workers. Otherwise, investors & financing bodies will have to be responsible & pay for remediation.

Win Faidah, a former migrant worker from Indonesia, faced severe abuse while working abroad as a domestic worker. After her rescue and return, she became a beneficiary of the Safe and Fair programme. Now, Win supports women migrant workers by sharing her knowledge about rights, safe migration, and economic empowerment through the Former Migrant Worker’s Village Group. Her story highlights how important it is for governments to ratify ILO Convention No. 190. This convention is a key tool in the fight against violence and harassment in the world of work, offering support to workers worldwide. By ratifying ILO C190, countries can ensure safer and fairer working conditions for workers like Win Faidah. Have a look: https://ow.ly/GfSp50Sn2nE

Win Faidah, a former migrant worker from Indonesia, endured violence and harassment as a domestic worker. Through @ILO’s Safe and Fair programme, she received training and now champions rights of Indonesian women migrant workers. 💪 Her story highlights the importance of ILO Convention No. 190, the first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment. Read her full story 👉 https://t.ly/8JSM8 #RatifyC190

Where is the shared space for businesses and governments to protect migrant workers, and how is migrant participation recognized in that? We had a great panel at the Bali Process Government & Business Forum talking about the challenges from all angles. Mahendra Pandey for migrant representation, Ruwan Keragala for the private sector, and Rina Komaria for the Government of Indonesia.

This week, in partnership with Work Better Innovations, IHRB cohosted the first Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence - an opportunity to discuss the role of companies in safeguarding migrant workers in Taiwan supply chains. During the Forum, IHRB’s Guna Subramaniam and Neill Wilkins presented the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity, available in more than 30 languages. The Principles are a human rights-based framework to enhance respect for the rights of migrant workers. Discover and download the Principles here: https://lnkd.in/ext3svZJ #bizhumanrights #supplychain #migrantworkers

It is a great pleasure to share my opinion and article on the Cambodia-EU relations. 2024 Strategic Year for Cambodia and EU Cambodia and the EU will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2024, and despite these challenges, Cambodia remains an important commercial partner for the EU, with the union remaining the second largest market for Cambodian textile sectors.  To sustain robust and healthy ties, Cambodia and the EU must stick to the values of mutual trust and respect, and pursue a pragmatic yet strategic approach to maintaining steady flows of commerce and investment, technology and AI development and people-to-people exchanges.

We are dedicated to promoting sustainable development and human rights compliance across Africa. We have just shared a new article covering the key takeaways from the Human Rights Due Diligence and African Industrialisation Conference held in Addis Ababa. This event highlighted essential themes, such as labour law enforcement, corporate accountability, and regional integration through initiatives like the AfCFTA—all of which align closely with ADD™’s mission. By providing a rigorous due diligence platform, we enable organisations to operate ethically and transparently, ensuring that the voices and rights of African workers are protected and valued. We believe that true development starts with respect for human rights and adherence to national and international standards. 👉 Read the full article on our website here: https://lnkd.in/db9fhhdH #ADD #AfricaDueDiligence #HumanRights #SustainableDevelopment #CorporateAccountability #Industrialisation #Africa

🇹🇭 AIM-Progress is thrilled to share highlights from our first training for Thai suppliers on Human Rights Due Diligence (#HRDD). We had close to 200 participants join us to explore key topics such as the UN Guiding Principles (#UNGPs), the OECD 6 step framework, and HRDD in the context of Thailand and migrant rights. A huge thank you to all our knowledgeable guest speakers, Pichamon Yeophantong, PhD,Asia-Pacific Member UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and UNDP Thailand and everyone else who contributed to this training's success. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: • The UNGPs set out distinct but complementary roles for States and Business • HRDD processes need to be independent and iterative, to ensure long-term impact.  • Meaningful stakeholder engagement is a key part of every step of the #HRDD journey 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲? 97% of suppliers reported learning something new! And we will continue to monitor how these learnings are changing behaviours, policy and practice. 👉 Coming up! We are looking forward to the next training on 16 October. We will explore the inter-related concepts of #riskidentification, #prioritization and #prevention through the lens of #HRDD. The programme is in collaboration with Quizrr and IOM - UN Migration designed to equip suppliers with essential knowledge and tools for implementing #hrdd, as well as understanding responsible recruitment and grievance mechanisms in Thailand. Kindly sponsored by Nestlé, Unilever and Mars Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ejQNkAUC Jitradee SINGHAKOWIN, Natsuko Funakawa, Maximilian POTTLER, Yael Fattal Lariccia🎗️, Barbara Wettstein Carola Galeppini, Poramintorn Vongtrirat, Supavadee (Pink) Chotikajan, Jess Verdon Sonja Markovic, Leanne Melnyk, Nattharat A.