Labor Migration

Adaleh Center and Heinrich Böll Foundation - Palestine and Jordan concluded a training program to empower domestic workers in Jordan. The program, running from May to September 2024, equipped 31 Filipino domestic workers with essential knowledge of their rights and duties.

Around three million migrants and refugees live in Jordan. Some of them fled their countries for political reasons, other came looking for a better life.  

In cooperation with hbs – Palestine and Jordan, ARDD produced policy briefs based on discussion sessions with the Migrant Worker Committee in Jordan and holds a conference titled “Refugees and Migrants in the Arab Region: Long Shades of Discrimination”

 In cooperation with Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU), hbs - Palestine and Jordan organized a Journalist Summer School in Amman, Jordan from 23-25 August 2022. As an outcome, the participants produced informative media products on the topic of labor migration.

Hbs interviews Jordanian migration expert Shaddin Almasri about the backgrounds of migrant workers coming to Jordan, the legal framework that regulates their presence in Jordan, their participation in trade unions, how they coped during the pandemic and policy recommendations for improving their lives in Jordan.

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - Palestine and Jordan is seeking applications from photographers for the production of a photography series portraying migrant workers in Jordan

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - Palestine and Jordan (hbs) and Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU) welcome Jordan-based journalists to apply for the Summer School that will address multiple dimensions of labour migration and aims to improve journalists’ reporting skills on labour migration issues.