A new online news platform and policy forum on regional migration corridor and rights issues will be launched in the Philippines on February 27 at Sheraton Bay Hotel Manila.

Manila, PHILIPPINES – The Rights Corridor aims to highlight the contemporary migration, human rights and labour rights issues, specifically in the context of Asia-Middle East and Africa-Middle East migration corridors. Right Corridor intends to offer both critical insights and data information in understanding Middle East migration trends, labour and human rights issues and highlight the transformative potential of, and urgent need for regional corridor research collaboration between origin and destination country institutions.

“Having spent nearly a decade in the Middle East region, I realized that the lack of regional corridor collaboration between origin and destination country institutions, researchers, and civil society groups has significantly impacted both the quality and volume of research and information crucial to domestic and foreign policymaking, specifically in the areas of labour rights, human rights, and migration,” said Froilan Malit, Jr., and Managing Director of Right Corridor.

“Right Corridor has the potential to democratize access to information, networks, and opportunities for international researchers (specifically in the origin countries), civil society groups, and sending country governments that have interests in studying migration, human and labour rights in a globalizing world,” explained Malit.

In the Phillipines, Rights Corridor is partnering with DAWN (Development for Action Women’s Network) led by Carmelita Nuqui. The launch will also feature regional researchers on migration, labour and human rights in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East regions.

“The Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) partnered with Rights Corridor in order to continue to champion the rights and welfare of our women migrant returnees and members of their families through updated and evidence-based policy recommendations and implementation, “said Nuqui.

“DAWN can help Rights Corridor in achieving its purpose by sharing its experience in bridging key stakeholders in developing and pushing for policy changes for migrant women works and members of their families. DAWN may also share its insights and experiences of migrants they deal with so that there would be a better understanding about their plight and situation,” she added

During the event, which would be attended by top government officials, NGO leaders, and academes from the Philippines’ top universities, ASEAN Task Force on Migrant Workers (AFML)’s Reginal Coordinator, Sinapayan Samydorai, who will reflect on the complex and multilevel challenges and oppurtunies faced by migrants and local and regional civil society bodies in the ASEAN contect.

“Migration is a key international trend with more than 270 million crossing borders to seek decent work, better income, and better living standard for themselves and their family, “Samydorai shared.

Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice (LAPSOJ)’s human rights lawyer Anurag Devkota will share not only his national legal advocacy in Nepal but also discuss the ongoing challenges and broader spaces for collaboration for his civil society groups in South Asia context. He said: “In the age of technology and rising concerns over the veracity of t he information, the inception of rights corridor serves to be the best answer. Right Corridor as a one stop platform does not just fetch the updates on what’s going around in the world of human rights and labour migration, but also provide a cutting-edge solution through experts’ opinion and policy dialogues.”

“With the urgency and the need towards one stop solution to the world’s most pressing concerns and questions, i firmly believe that Rights Corridor will be filling all the avoids that presents day online news platform have left behind, “Devkota noted.

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For more information please contact:

Henri Abenis-Macahilo

Editor-in-Chief

Rights Corridor

rights.corridor@gmail.com