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The PHAMIT Project |
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The Prevention of HIV/AIDS Among Migrant Workers in Thailand Project (PHAMIT), funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), is a collaborative project of eight NGOs: Raks Thai Foundation (the Principal Recipient) , Center for AIDS Rights (CAR), World Vision Foundation of Thailand, PATH, Stella Maris Center, MAP Foundation, Empower (Chiang Mai), and Pattanarak Foundation. PHAMIT partners are working in over twenty provinces throughout Thailand in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and local health providers, to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and to improve the quality of life among migrant workers, their families and sex workers. more |
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Migrants ' Vulnerability |
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Migrants in Thailand come from Myanmar,Cambodia and Laos,and work in the lowest paying and hardest jobs.Migrant workers and their families generally endure poor working and living conditions,as well as numerous rights violations.Numerous barriers limit migrants'ability to access information and health services,increasing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and reproductive health problems,including STIs and unplanned pregnancy.more |
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Newsletter |
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PHAMIT's National Conference Migrant Policy : Balancing Economy,Health and Well-being |
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Recent News |
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Problem Pregnancies  |
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| Low paid jobs for Burmese migrants are plentiful—but no babies, please MAE SOT, Thailand — A pregnant woman sits on her hospital bed, loudly pleading for an abortion. In the same ward, another woman gazes with devotion at her own newly born child. more | |||||||
| Five Cambodian Men Rescued From Trafficking Ring |
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| On October 26, 2007, four Cambodian men aged between 20 to 37 years were trafficked from Takeo province to work on a deep-sea fishing boat off the coast of Thailand. Chronic unemployment and poverty drove the men to seek work abroad and into an environment they knew little about. more | |||||||
| Third of Burmese fail to return home |
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| SUPAMART KASEM TAK : Nearly one-third of the Burmese who entered Thailand through Mae Sot district this year did not return to their home country. more |
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Informing on migrants starts! more |
Migrants'Misery more |
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NHRC Recommendations more |
Open Borders to Human Rights more |
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unprotected and uninformed more |
Migrant Labor System not Working more |
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Log In Database PHAMIT click |
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Labour Issues |
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| Domestic Workers Everywhere in Thailand but Invisible |
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| Irrawaddy, 29 July 2008
BANGKOK — Working in the confines of private homes, unprotected by the labor laws of the country, Thailand’s domestic workers are a silently suffering lot. Thailand has 64,044 registered domestic workers. But the actual figures may be much higher says Kanokwan Moratsatian of the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) who estimates that about a million households in the country are capable of hiring domestic help. more |
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| New Working Aliens Act | ||||
| This is a copy of the new Working Aliens Act that replaces the 2001 version. more | ||||
| Alien Working Act breach of rights, Bangkok Post, june 17 | ||||
| The Alien Working Act, which came into force on Feb 22, is prejudiced, unconstitutional and a breach of human rights, activists said yesterday. more | ||||
Response to allegations of exploitation more |
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IOM Newsletter English more |
Levy plan for hiring migrants more |
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Labour report hits shrimp orders in US more |
Registration 2008 more |
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Updates & reports |
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Invisible in Thailand pdf |
Sweatshop shrimp more |
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Migrants economic contribution pdf |
ILO policy guidelines migrant more |
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APEC HIV-AIDS Workplace more |
Registration 2007 by occupation more |
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Report - Poll Thai attitudes on migrants more |
Summary - Poll Thai attitudes on migrants more |
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