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Dec 18

Press Statement on IMD Day 2011
Migrant Rights are Human Rights! This is not rhetoric but an urgent call on International Migrants’ Day 2011 to all countries not to ignore the one billion people on the move world-wide.

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Nov 18

Singapore Interfaith Network on Aids
The Singapore Interfaith Network on Aids (SINA) was formed recently by an inter-religious group concerned with the issue of HIV/Aids.

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Aug 05

Civil Society Joint Media Release on CEDAW
Concerns at UN review of Singapore's gender equality - Gender equality experts from the CEDAW Committee asked more than 100 questions during an intense, five-hour Constructive Dialogue with Singapore’s State delegates at the 49th CEDAW session on 22 July 2011, in the New York headquarters of the United Nations.

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Jun 18

[HOME] Statement: ILO Domestic Worker Convention 2011
Embargo till June 20th, 2011
On June 16th 2011, history was made at the 100th International Labour Conference, as the International Labour Organization adopted Convention 189: Decent Work for Domestic Workers with 396 voting in favour, 16 against and 63 abstentions. This is a turning point in the history of the world of work, and will change the lives of at least 100 million workers globally.

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Jun 16

[ILO] 100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards
The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16
June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

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Jun 10

[MFA] Statement: ILO Convention 189: Decent Work for Domestic Workers!
“As it is so hereby adopted.” At 12:15pm on June 10th, the Committee on Domestic Work adopted the text of the Recommendation to supplement the Convention on Domestic Work, bringing to a close two weeks of intense tripartite deliberations.

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Jun 5

[HOME] Statement: Suicide of Sulastri Wardoyoyo
The suicide of an Indonesian domestic worker in Singapore is reflective of the tremendous pressure young women from poor villages in South East Asia face when they decide to work overseas away from their families, neighbours and friends. Their village lifestyle is in total contrast to the fast paced, competitive, urban society in Singapore.

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Apr 27

[MFA] Statement: Its Time for Decent Work for Domestic Workers!
Domestic workers are the biggest sector of workers in the world who are not protected by an international convention. That could change in June: it all depends on whether at least two?thirds of the representatives of governments, employers and trade unionists gathered at this year's International Labour Conference (ILC) vote in favor of the Domestic Workers Convention 2011.

Held in Singapore on 23-25 April, 'Towards an ILO Convention: Building a strong Asian solidarity and delegation to the 2011 International Labour Conference' was a chance for domestic workers, representatives of national and regional NGOs, trade unions and domestic workers’ organisations from the region to discuss how to help make it happen. The consultation was attended by around 70 people from 12 countries and territories: Belgium, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan.

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