As the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), a non-binding pact on worldwide migration governance, was being discussed this week at an intergovernmental meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, grassroots migrant women’s groups in Asia called for accountable implementation of the pact that translates into concrete protection for all migrants regardless of their status. The GCM, to be […]
Author Archives: Eni Lestari
Eni Lestari migrated from Indonesia to Hong Kong to become a domestic worker 17 years ago. Initially a victim of labor abuses by her employer, she became an activist advocating for better protection and empowerment of migrant workers. In 2016, she was chosen by the United Nations to speak as a representative of migrants around the world in the first ever UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants in New York.