Managing and Protecting Labour Migration in ASEAN
What you will learn
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This masterclass aims to share experiences, challenges, good practices and perspectives on labour mobility governance, portability of social security for migrant workers, and responsible business practices that contribute to safe labour migration especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Note: All timings are based on Kuala Lumpur time.
Objectives
To further understand ASEAN labour migration policies, challenges and practices
To generate new story ideas and angles in connection with the topic
Schedule
This speech lays out the central themes of the masterclass. Main topics include: public backlash and hate speech, lack of empathy and support and the failure of the state.
Main topics include: Health risks and access to healthcare, access to information, labour rights and access to justice, social protection and access to relief/income support, return and reintegration
Main topics include: Trends in labour migration in the ASEAN region, public support and attitudes toward migrant workers in countries of destination in ASEAN and the way forward.
Main topics include: Medium and longer-term factors that will help shape labour migration in Asia (the way forward) and coordination between national legislations, policy alignment and intergovernmental collaboration platforms.
A discussion will be led by the keynote speaker where questions that were provided before and during the masterclass will be addressed. Participants are encouraged to ask questions that will aid in the production of their stories and enhance the discussions from the Masterclass topic.
kiniacademy will end the Masterclass session and provide a few remarks in connection with the session.