We held a free public education workshop on 29th June 2008, 9am till 6pm. This is a workshop as part of our public education programme and sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The workshop saw 21 participants turned up. There were 3 group discussions who contributed ideas on the following themes, click on them to download the information:
Male Construction Workers
A Day Off for All Domestic Workers
Processes of Recruitment
Download the workshop details here:
General Information
Programme
Registration
Singapore today hosts close to one million migrant workers. Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) believes that there needs to be a sustained effort made in promoting awareness of these workers and in improving their welfare. Direct services can offer help in tackling problems as they arise, but many of these could be avoided through changes in policies and practices. To bring those about, awareness-raising initiatives on migrant workers need to continue. This requires on-going research that produces assessments of migrant workers’ role and conditions, looks at the needs and expectations of all the parties concerned, and clarifies what the problem areas are. In addition, awareness-raising efforts such as public education, campaigns, engagement with the media and dialogues with stakeholders are encouraging changes in public attitudes, in the practices of agencies and official bodies in Singapore and in countries that send workers here, as well as in law and regulations.
