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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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Verifying Burma and Laos migrants nationalities  |
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Department of Employment opens for national verification of migrant workers from Lao PDR and Myanmar, issuing passport and work permit for those who passed national verification from 1 September 2008 – 28 February 2009. |
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Problem Pregnancies | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Migrants Flow out of Burma as Economic Woes Deepen |
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| Burma’s economic troubles have been a boon to human traffickers in recent months, keeping them busy at a time of year when wet conditions traditionally slow the flow of migrants across the border into Thailand. more | ||||||
Informing on migrants starts! more |
Murder at Sea (Al Jazeera video) more |
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NHRC Recommendations more |
Laotians charged for working in Thailand 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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Nationality verification for migrants from Burma pdf |
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Sweatshop shrimp more |
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Invisible in Thailand pdf |
ILO policy guidelines migrant more |
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Migrants economic contribution pdf |
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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