Course Description:
A strong focus of the course will be to equip journalists with practical tools and skills to tackle labour migration policy reportage.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course learners should be able to:
● Understand the context of labour migration policy in Africa
● Use the set of tools shared during the course to unearth labour migration policy narratives
● Identify and understand the structure of the migrant labour market
Modules Under this course:
- Introduction to labour migration policy
- Introduction to labour migration policy in Africa
- Actors of labour migration in Africa
- Assessing the status of labour migration policy in Africa.
- International Labour Standards presenting important labour migration instruments.
- Key labour migration instruments that have been ratified in the region.
- National legal frameworks highlighting good practices on labour inspection, anti-trafficking, social protection and minimum wage.
- What labour migration policy should not look like
- Access to decent work for refugees.
- How labour migration policy affects vulnerable groups: women and children.
Curriculum
- 11 Sections
- 29 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- General1
- Module 1- Introduction to Labour Migration Policy2
- Module 2- Introduction to Labour Migration Policy in Africa2
- Module 3- Actors of Labour migration in Africa4
- Module 4- Assessing the status of labour migration policy in Africa2
- Module 5- International Labour standards presentig important Labour migration instruments4
- Module 6-Key labour migration instruments that have been ratified in the region2
- Module 7- National legal frameworks highlighting good practices on Labour inspection, anti-trafficking, social protection and minimum wage3
- Module 8- What Labour migration policy should not look like2
- Module 9- Access to decent work for refugees3
- Module 10- How Labour migration policy affects vulnerable groups: women and children4