Category: Activities ACTFORM

Sri Lanka National Consultation on the GFMD


ACTFORM organized a consultation meeting on the 2nd and 3rd of October, 2009 to discuss the Migrant Rights Shadow Report and the upcoming Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD). The meeting focused on three issues; remittances, integration, and reintegration. Some of the proposals made included a formalized/official method for the investment of migrant workers’ … Continue reading Sri Lanka National Consultation on the GFMD


Awareness Building Programme 


A series of awareness building programmes were held in Nittambuwan, Puttlam, Mathugama, Horana, Kalutara, Hambantota, Rambukkana and Kandy. They focused on the government’s decision to impose restrictions on migration of women with children below 5 years of age and familiarized the participants on the report submitted to MWC by non governmental organizations regarding the protection … Continue reading Awareness Building Programme 


Second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)


WMC participated in the 2nd GFMD in Manila, Philippines, hosted by the Philippine Government. The theme of the event was “Protecting and Empowering Migrants for Development”. The following issues were addressed during the roundtable discussions: 1) Migration, development and human rights, 2) Secure, legal migration can achieve stronger development impacts, and 3) Policy and instituional … Continue reading Second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)


NGO Roundtable Meeting to discuss the report on “Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.”

2007 නොවැම්බර්. මෙම වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ හියුමන් රයිට්ස් වොච් ආයතනය විසිනි. මෙම වාර්තාව පදනම් වී ඇත්තේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ සහ සෞදි අරාබියේ පවත්වන ලද සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡුා 170 කට අධික ප‍්‍රමාණයකින් ලබා ගත් තොරතුරුය. සංක‍්‍රමණික ගෘහ සේවිකාවන් සංක‍්‍රමණ ක‍්‍රියාවලිය ආරම්භයේ සිටම මුහුණදෙන හිංසනයන් එහි ලේඛන ගත කොට ඇත. සෑම වසරකම ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් මැද පෙරදිග රටවලට සංක‍්‍රමණය … Continue reading NGO Roundtable Meeting to discuss the report on “Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.”