CARAM Asia Concludes A Successful 3rd General Assembly

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 27th-28th October 2009: Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM Asia) is proud to announce that it has held a very successful 3rd General Assembly which convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 27th-28th October. This meeting represented an increase in the solidarity and cooperation amongst our members to further address the employment rights and living standards of migrant workers within the Asian region.


The regional network was initially established in 1997 as an approach to address the social issues of migration as direct response to this growing global phenomena. Since its inception the network has evolved to adapt to the emerging issues while staying true to its vision that migrant workers deserve the same human rights and protection mechanisms accomodated to nationals.

Over the last 12 years CARAM Asia has gone from strength to strength and has actively campaigned throughout the region to address the increased violations against migrant workers. This has been demonstrated by growing membership of the network who each seeks to actively to address special interventions for migrant populations at all stages of migration. Furthermore, CARAM Asia’s voice continues to be heard at both the regional and international levels.

The members at the General Assembly debated intensely its priorities, emerging issues and challenges faced over the last two years. As a result of this process,

CARAM Asia has evolved its new programmatic areas for the coming future and these are the following focus of work;
1. Migrants Rights (Promotion and Protection)
2. Migrants, Health & HIV
3. Migration, Globalisation & Development