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On the Question of Expertise: A Critical Reflection on ‘Civil Society’ Processes
Robyn Rodriguez, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University
In October 2008, the Philippine government hosted the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Manila. Initially convened after a 2005 United Nations (UN) high-level dialogue on migration and development the GFMD, while not formally part of the UN process, is aimed at providing a venue for labor-receiving and labor-sending countries to trade strategies around instituting temporary labor migration programs (TMLPs). Pegged as a ‘win-win-win’ for both sets of governments and migrants themselves, temporary labor migration programs are being celebrated as the best solution to labor-receiving governments’ demand for cheap foreign workers to whom they are unwilling to extend full citizenship rights, to labor-sending governments’ need to address domestic unemployment, and to bolster foreign exchange reserves, and migrants’ and their families’ need for livable wages.
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hello, I’m based in Washington and wanted to know if there will be solidarity actions arranged or organized around this assembly in the Seattle/Washington area and if you can connect me with them because as much as I would like to participate, perhaps I would be a stronger ally by helping the organization of bringing more awareness/building more solidarity to the Assembly and these issues. Please let me know what other ways there are to get involved.
Respectfully and In solidarity,
Alvina Wong
I endorse the No to the Global Forum on Migration and Development Event.
Hello. Can you post Mr Antonio Tujan Jr’s speech in the conference? Thank you.