Trade Unions Manual to Promote Migrant Workers' Rights and Foster Fair Labour Migration Governance in Africa - A Capacity-Building Toolkit

The self-guided toolkit complements the ILO training programmes and capacity building activities for Trade Unions aiming at strengthening their role in promoting a rights-based approach to labour migration. OBJECTIVES : Participants will learn about: • Regional policy, legal frameworks and programmes on labour migration governance in Africa • International instruments and international labour standards relevant to migrant workers • The importance of social dialogue in labour migration governance • Trade union initiatives to promote fair recruitment, and gender-responsive policy implementation • The role of trade unions in Africa and abroad and recommendations in terms of providing support to migrant workers • Trade union international good practices CONTENT Module 1. ILO’s Mandate, AU on Labour Migration, Tripartism and Social Dialogue, Data and Trade Union Networks in Africa on Labour Migration Module 2. Global Policy Frameworks guiding labour migration governance in Africa Module 3. Global Instruments on the protection of migrant workers (UN and ILO Instruments) Module 4. Regional policy, legal frameworks and programmes on labour migration governance in Africa Module 5. Gender equality and women’s empowerment in labour migration governance Module 6. Women migrant domestic workers’ particular challenges in working in private households. The need for targeted TU actions Module 7. Enhancing fair recruitment practices and regulations Module 8. Labour exploitation and abuse of migrant workers Module 9. Skills partnerships, migrant workers’ skills development, portability and recognition, certifications of skills and qualifications Module 10. Organizing migrant workers: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, key obstacles and good practices Module 11. Promoting social protection of migrant workers Module 12. Working and living conditions of migrant workers particularly working time, wages, occupational safety and health, violence and harassment, HIV/AIDS Module 13. Advocating for equality of treatment and opportunities, and contributing to labour market integration and combating discrimination in diverse multi-ethnic workplaces and multilingual contexts Module 14. Impact of COVID-19 on labour migration