Project Launch at Spotlight Initiative event: Fair and Safe: Realising women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in ASEAN region

EU, ILO and UN Women are launching “Fair and Safe: Realising women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in ASENA region” to ensure women migrant workers are protected from violation of rights and violence against women and respond to the needs of women migrant workers by ensuring they have access to essential services for gender-based violence. The programme launch is being held as part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls to realize gender equality and empowerment of women in economic and migration sectors.

Programme

14:00 – 14:15: Registration
14:15 – 14:25: Opening of the event and welcome remarks by
                       H.E. Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and
                       Development, European Commission
14:25 – 14:30: Screening Spotlight video
14:30 – 14:40: Scene setting remarks by
                       UN Women and ILO (Anna-Karin Jatfors, Deputy Regional Director,
                       UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and
                       Nilim Baruah, Senior Migration Specialist, Decent Work Team,
                       ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific).
14:40 – 14:55: Coffee break
14:55 – 15:00: Introduction to the Panel by
                       Moderator Anna-Karin Jatfors, Deputy Regional Director,
                       UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
15:00 – 15:45: Panel discussion with representatives from migrant workers,
                       civil society, academia and government institutions.
15:45 – 15:55: Questions and answers
15:55 – 16:00: Closing remarks

Map

Location: Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel