Established in 2000, DRUM aims to build the power of South Asian low wage immigrant workers, youth, and families in New York City to win economic and educational justice, and civil and immigrant rights. One of DRUM's main programs, the South Asian Workers Center, seeks to build the leadership of and organizes low-wage workers in service industries, particularly immigrant women retail workers.
In order to promote formalization and tackle irregularity and informality of domestic migrants' status and employment, the Swiss canton of Geneva has adopted a voucher system that can be used by employers to regularly hire domestic workers, particularly women migrant workers, and provide them with social security coverage, even if they are in an irregular migration situation.
In Manila, the Overseas Workers Welfare Adminsitration (OWWA) has set up a half-way house to assist returned Filipinas who have suffered abuse abroad. The OFW Halfway Home is intended for transient Overseas Filipina Workers (OFW) who have no place to stay in Manila. The facility can accommodate 40 distressed OFWs, whom OWWA will provide with bedding, meals, and personal hygiene kits during their temporary stay. It also has recreational facilities for table games, televiewing, and group interaction.
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), under its Regional Programme on 'Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia', partners with recruiting/placement agency associations in some Asian countries to negotiate favourable contracts, benefits and working conditions for women; and to inform them of their rights.
The programme began implementation in 2001, promoting women’s human rights and empowerment by:
The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment have made it mandatory for female migrant domestic workers to be trained as housekeeping assistants with National Vocational Qualification Level 3 certification. These workers will be categorised as housekeeping assistants, a level above their former occupational classification as ‘house maids'. Their minimum wage also will be raised – for example the minimum wage for those migrating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be raised to Saudi Riyal 900 (Lkr.
The National Union of Eritrean Women, an association with branches in numerous countries, addresses matters related to gender and women’s empowerment and involvess second-generation migrants
The Joint Information and Services Bureaus (JISBs) has been introduced in rural areas of Moldova to offer women, as well as potential or returned migrants, better access to quality information and services. The JISBs operates like a “one-stop-shop” for any information or service that women and migrants may need.
The General Secretariat for Gender Equality (Ministry of Interior) has issued a guide for migrant women concerning their rights in the areas of work, health and social security. This also helps to sensitize officials and others to the need for equal treatment.
A special program called "Mama Learns Greek" -Learning of the Greek Language Tailor-made for Migrant Mothers helps migrant mothers both learn the language and improve their ability to help their children in school. This contributes to gender equality, the integration of mothers and children, cohesion of the family and human development of mothers and children.
This program is also part of the Annual Program of the European Integration Fund, a program that promotes linguistic skills and women’s capacity to assist their children in their schooling and life.
Guatemala has been able to negotiate, through the Quebec Farmers Association "Ferme" large seasonal movements of agricultural workers under Canada's universal temporary foreign worker visa category. The program has been evaluated as highly successful in terms of almost 100% assured returns, high remittances, 20% female intake and improved family welfare back home.