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Neglect of low-income migrants in COVID-19 response
South Asia, home to around a quarter of the world’s population and 40% of the world’s poor, is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The global response to the pandemic has focused mainly on containment of the contagion and “flattening the curve” through testing and strict social distancing, but these universal approaches fail to take account of resource limitations in countries in South Asia and ignore the realities of vulnerable populations, such as low-income migrants, internally displaced people (IDP) and refugees.
The world's largest refugee camp prepares for covid-19
[No abstract available]
Addressing female genital mutilation in the Asia Pacific: the neglected sustainable development target
While much work has focused on advocacy and prevention efforts in countries of high prevalence in Africa and diaspora in Europe, there has been a paucity of discussion on FGM in the Asia‐Pacific region. FGM is practised in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines and Indonesia; however, none of these countries are supported by the UNFPA‐UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of FGM. Australia and New Zealand are also home to migrant women and girls with FGM.
HIV Preventive Education and Services for Labor Migrants
Year Project Started
Region/Country
Role in the Project
Main Outcome
The overall outcome of the project was to develop a sustainable system of providing HIV prevention, orientation and information to departing labour migrants through conducting a needs assessment study, developing training materials and providing training for the master trainers as well as renovating migrants’ welfare desks with specific messages and conducting relevant meetings and workshops for linking services to the returnee migrants.
Reducing the vulnerability of female Labour Migrants (LM) to STI, HIV and AIDS through their awareness raising and advocacy with different stakeholders
Year Project Started
Region/Country
Role in the Project
Main Outcome
-A small scale study conducted for creating evidence on HIV vulnerabilities of women migrants
-STI, HIV and AIDS issues are incorporated in the basic training curriculum of TTC/BMET for the female labour migrants
-Technical Training Centres are capable of providing STI, HIV and AIDS training to the potential female labour migrants
-Policy-people are sensitized on the issues of female labour migrants in relation to STI and HIV
-Increased awareness of linkages between violence and HIV issues as a way of transmission
-Increased awareness of eradicating stigma and seeking redress against HIV vulnerabilities for women including migrant workers and their families
-Enhanced awareness of the community on the migration cycle for women and the risks involved
-Increased awareness of the vulnerability of women migrant workers on HIV-AIDS and related issues
-Enhanced awareness on the rights of women in prevention, treatment, care, and support for HIV
-STI, HIV and AIDS issues are incorporated in the basic training curriculum of TTC/BMET for the female labour migrants
-Technical Training Centres are capable of providing STI, HIV and AIDS training to the potential female labour migrants
-Policy-people are sensitized on the issues of female labour migrants in relation to STI and HIV
-Increased awareness of linkages between violence and HIV issues as a way of transmission
-Increased awareness of eradicating stigma and seeking redress against HIV vulnerabilities for women including migrant workers and their families
-Enhanced awareness of the community on the migration cycle for women and the risks involved
-Increased awareness of the vulnerability of women migrant workers on HIV-AIDS and related issues
-Enhanced awareness on the rights of women in prevention, treatment, care, and support for HIV
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