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With 127 member states, a further 17 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

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IOM Backs Training for Bangladesh's Women Migrant Workers


Posted on Friday, 07-08-2009

Bangladesh - IOM has hosted a two-day training of trainers in the capital Dhaka designed to prepare more Bangladeshi women for domestic jobs abroad.
A group of 12 trainers from government technical training centres attended the course, which was based on a standardized training manual on domestic work for migrant workers produced by IOM in Bangladesh in 2007.

The curriculum, which was developed with the government's Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), provides general guidelines for trainers and covers housekeeping, caring for children, the elderly, the sick, health and hygiene, personal and professional safety, remittances and language skills.

Currently women only account for some 4 per cent or nearly 21,000 of Bangladeshi migrant workers abroad. But many more undocumented female migrants are believed to be working in Asia and the Middle East, according to IOM Regional Representative for South Asia Rabab Fatima.

"This kind of training to improve social and professional skills, and provide internationally acceptable certification, will improve the marketability of Bangladeshi migrant workers abroad – particularly women," she says.

IOM and BMET have a long-standing collaboration on capacity building initiatives, including preparation of pre-departure materials for migrant workers and training manuals.

BMET is planning to expand training opportunities for women migrant workers throughout the country. In addition to training programmes, IOM support currently includes the upgrading of a key technical training centre in Faridpur district.



Bibliography:
IOM. http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/media/press-briefing-notes/pbnAS/cache/offonce?entryId=25848
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/about-iom/organizational-structure/migration-management-services/cache/offonce/