A panel discussion was conducted on 18th August 2020 by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism & The Center for Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM on the topic “Student Migration during and post COVID 19: Latin America and Asia”. As an eminent panellist, Prof. María Amelia Viteri from Universidad San Francisco de Quito […]
Mr. Shabari Nair was one of the key panelists during the virtual panel discussion held on GCM(Global Compact for Migration ) Objective 6: “Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work”. This event was hosted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia, Cross-Regional Centre for Refugees
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Author: * K.Ranju Rangan Introduction Much of the world’s economies are ageing rapidly, and their contributions to the world’s population will be limited to a large extent.Most of the South East Asian Countries are a pioneer in governance without available accurate data. A lack of sufficient education and skills prevents migrants from these countries from achieving
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* Author: Nupur Pattanaik As the entire society woke up to the global shutdown and economic collapse following the COVID-19 pandemic, all economic zones have been reeling under its ramifications. This encompasses “the unchecked enterprise” of the domestic workers, which mainly hires and engages women. While women have substantially bestowed to progress of the economy,
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An international webinar on the topic “MIGRANTS AND DISPLACED PERSONS AMID COVID-19: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTION” was organized by the Centre for Indian Diaspora Studies (CIDS), School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala in collaboration with Department of Social Sciences, FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra and Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], New Delhi from 15th October 2020
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Prof. Rajan spoke during the virtual panel discussion held on the Global Compact For Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Objective 1: “Collect and Utilize Accurate and Disaggregated Data as a Basis for Evidence-Based Policies” hosted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia, Cross-Regional Centre for Refugees and Migrants, Civil Society
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Prof. Arnold Thomas is a retired diplomat based at the embassy of the organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States at Brussels. He has worked for several years at the Caribbean Community Secretariat at Georgetown, Guyana. He is also the founding member of St. Vincent and Grenadines SVG Indian Heritage Foundation. In the panel discussion conducted
On 23rd June 2020, The Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism organised an online panel discussion titled “Media Narratives on Migrants during COVID-19” where one of the speakers Ms. Anne Marie Jazzar el-Hage provided deep insights on migrants in Lebanon and how they are perceived by the two groups of the media. Ms. Anne
An international webinar on the topic, ‘Migrants and Displaced People Amid COVID-19: Issues, Challenges and Policy Options’, was jointly organized by Centre for Indian Diaspora Studies [CIDS], School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, in collaboration with Department of Social Sciences, FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra and Global Research Forum on Diaspora
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Migration is abided by purpose. There is a need to understand what makes an individual leave their country of origin, the drivers that forces people to make a livelihood in another part of the world. A webinar was organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) to understand these drivers of migration out
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