Name: Action Network for Migrant Workers
Objectives of the Association are:
To work together as a network towards creating a just society that respects and protects human rights
specially whose related to migrant workers and members of their families and through lobbying and advocacy on policy and policy reforms and intervening to address issues of migrants particularly of women.
Specific objective
Subject to amendments and inclusion of other objectives in accordance with contemporary needs and emerging situations ACTFORM shall work to achieve following specific objectives:
1 To strengthen the rights of migrant workers, by forming a strong legal framework which will enable to overcome some of the problems they face;
2 To create awareness among different layers of society to ensure that women migrant workers’ dignity and self-respect is safeguarded and thus to improve their quality of life;
3 To strengthen organizational capacity of network member organizations to effectively deal with issues of migrant workers;
4 To act as a pressure group influencing through lobbying for change of government policies towards promotion and protection of rights of migrant workers;
5 To work against human trafficking;
6 To offer counseling and outreach programs to victims of human rights violations
7 create awareness among migrant workers of their rights and of practical issues of migration process.