Launch by the Arab Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of a project aimed at supporting and empowering migrant workers from Asian countries based in Jordan

The Arab Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) provides information and assistance, capacity building and services to support migrant workers in the region access decent work conditions, working hours, healthcare, justice, equal pay and gender equality. 

The MRC in 2018 launched a project aimed at supporting and empowering a total of 230,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indonesia based in Jordan. 

The work of the Centre builds on a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2015 by the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations TUC, which set out a framework for cooperation between these unions for the protection of migrant workers coming from Asia to the Arab region.

Implemented with the support of the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions, the project also aims at guaranteeing the right of migrant workers to join trade unions in Jordan, focusing on the legislative constraints that migrant workers face when seeking representation. 

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