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Australia Australia’s Gender Equality Strategy The Government of Australia issued its Gender Equality Strategy in 2016. The strategy addresses gender imbalances found across government service provision to the public, including groups such as women migrants. The strategy is accompanied by a toolkit, resources, factsheets and good practises related to gender-responsive data collection and use. Read […]
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Myanmar Htoi Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking POLICY DESCRIPTION Htoi provides rescued women and girls with legal aid, psychosocial counselling, referrals to services, skills training for their economic recovery and human trafficking awareness training. GCM OBJECTIVES 10 COMMIT Supports Fair Recruitment POLICY DESCRIPTION COMMIT, an inter-governmental body of the Governments of Cambodia, China, Lao,
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Canada Canada Develops Gender-Responsive Data for Gender Equality and Foreign Policy Planning The Government of Canada, through Statistics Canada, is implementing gender-responsive data into its gender equality and foreign policies in response to a 2018 report. This includes the development of new standards of sex- and gender-related variables and classifications in data collection. The policy
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Develops Training Manuals to Respond to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence The Government of Sri Lanka, with support from UN Women, developed a training manual to help labour attaches to better respond to sexual- and gender-based violence among women migrant workers. A second manual, which is now integrated in regular training sessions
Kuwait Kuwait Regulates Domestic Work Sector In 2015, Kuwait’s national assembly adopted a new law regulating the domestic work sector, including provision of labour rights such as a minimum wage. These regulations fill a gap in the Gulf Cooperation Council’s legal protection for migrant workers. Read more Theme: Social Protection, Rights and Services GCM Objective:
Philippines Results of the Philippines’ Republic Act 8042 The Government of the Philippines established Republic Act 8042 to affirm the fundamental equality of women in building the country. Through this act, the government is implementing a policy to recognise the contributions of women migrant workers overseas and their particular vulnerabilities. This includes the use of
Indonesia Indonesia Trains Judges in Gender-Responsive Court Decisions The Government of Indonesia, with support from UN Women, is working through its judicial institutions to provide training modules to judges. These modules train judges in avoiding discriminatory attitudes towards women, including migrants, who are in conflict with the law. After a pilot program, Indonesia’s Supreme Court