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‘The biggest problem we are facing is the running away problem’: recruitment and the paradox of facilitating the mobility of immobile workers
This article analyses the relationship between domestic work placement agencies in Jordan and Lebanon and their clients (the employers) as they negotiate the recruitment of women from Bangladesh. It addresses the mechanisms of how exploitative, controlling practices are constructed and normalised by agencies in their everyday interactions with their clients as well as with workers.
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Addressing Egypt's migrant workers' challenges in Jordan
This policy brief on Egyptian workers in Jordan was developed with input from NGOs and Egyptian workers. It aims to improve their rights, address labour issues, and enhance Jordan's global standing in combating slavery and human trafficking.
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Migration and decent work: challenges for the Global South
This policy brief builds on discussions from a MIDEQ/UNU-CPR roundtable discussion on migrant workers and decent work.
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Call for submission: Access to rights in South-South migration
Peripheries Journal is a publication of the Eduniperifeiras Publisher, located in the set of Favelas that make up Maré, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coordinated by our MIDEQ partners in IMJA, Peripheries is dedicated to publishing works authored by subjects of the peripheries and on themes related to global peripheries.
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