[10 December 2009, CARAM] As the world marks International Human Rights Day today, CARAM Asia launches an online petition campaign seeking crucial support and commitment from every employer of households to grant a weekly paid day off to their migrant domestic worker (MDW).

Working with public urban spaces as its platform, migrantas aims to make visible the thoughts and feelings of those who have left their own country and now live in a new one. Mobility, migration and transculturality are not the exception in our world, but are instead becoming the rule. Nevertheless, migrant women and their experiences remain often invisible to the majority of our society.

[28 July 2009 by Sharmeen Gangat, WMC] For reform to work, argues the author, it must fully include immigrant communities, whose members already struggle to afford decent medical care in the United States.

President Obama’s healthcare plan is promising. Yet, it draws concerns from the immigrant community.

The Global Forum for Migration and Development, taking place in Athens, Greece, this week, is focused on the integration of migration policies into development to find strategies that benefit all. UN-INSTRAW will participate in the Civil Society Days of the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development on 2-3 November, to present the Institute’s Gender and Migration Virtual Community.