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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMThailand and @MsocietySocial held a workshop to review Thailand's Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 🇹🇭, advancing efforts to protect and uphold the rights of victims and vulnerable migrants #FeatureFriday
📜 Legal reform in action! IOM and @MsocietySocial brought together government, civil society and legal experts to review 🇹🇭's Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act – closing gaps, strengthening victim protection, and proposing amendments that meet international standards.
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With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMMauritania is strengthening social protection systems, fostering inclusive policies that uphold migrant rights and progress towards rights‑based #MigrationGovernance🌍🇲🇷
On 10 and 11 November 2025, IOM organized a training session on social protection for representatives of ministries and social partners working in this field. Participants discussed inclusive social protection, migrant rights, and access challenges in Mauritania. @IOMDevFund
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With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMZimbabwe is seeking to enhance climate resilience and disaster preparedness in Zimbabwe🇿🇼by supporting stakeholders to develop district disaster risk reduction plans incorporating indigenous knowledge systems and human mobility factors #FeatureFriday
We are proud to announce the launch of a 2-year @IOMDevFund project in partnership with @MoLGPWZim and @departmentofci3. This initiative works to integrate Indigenous Knowledge Systems into national disaster preparedness. Read the press release here:
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With support from @IOMDevFund and Sweden’s Ministry of Justice, @IOMUzbekistan and Hamroh formalized a partnership to empower women from migrant households in Uzbekistan through entrepreneurship, climate resilience and inclusive finance 🇺🇿🌱 #FeatureFriday
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With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMChad is strengthening coordination and policy coherence — paving the way for a comprehensive and gender-sensitive National Migration Policy, and moving 🇹🇩 toward rights-based #MigrationGovernance. 🌍✨ #FeatureFriday @UNmigration
Successful conclusion of the Essentials of Migration Policy (EMP) workshop in 🇹🇩 N'Djamena! Financed by @IOMDevFund, this event is an important milestone toward a comprehensive and gender-sensitive National Migration Policy for Chad. IOM remains a committed partner in this
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🌍Diasporas can play a key role in driving development through investment, innovation & knowledge exchange. With support from the @IOMDevFund, @IOMUganda is contributing to enhance efforts to engage the Ugandan diaspora for #sustainabledevelopment. #FeatureFriday
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@UgandaMFA, in collaboration with IOM Uganda, conducted a capacity-building session for @UgEmbassySA staff last week to strengthen their capacity to mobilize the diaspora for impactful investments and development back home. The session was supported by @IOMDevFund.
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📢The Autumn 2025 @IOMDevFund Newsletter is now live! Discover how Member States are advancing #migration and #sustainabledevelopment with @UNmigration's support. In 13 articles, dive into stories from 🇵🇭🇨🇷🇧🇾🇵🇾🇲🇷🇹🇿🇰🇲🇦🇲🇪🇨🇹🇯🇧🇩🇲🇬 & more. ➡️ https://t.co/5VxnNCz9YY
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📢 New IOM report out now! 🇬🇲 How does migration reshape families staying behind in The Gambia—especially for women & children? Discover key findings & policy insights👇 🔗 https://t.co/EuI0qjA77e With support from @IOMDevFund. #FeatureFriday @IOMGambia @UNmigration
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMThailand works to empower media and government partners in 🇹🇭to reshape migration narratives. Rolling out training and community-driven campaigns is strengthening understanding and social cohesion, through storytelling. #FeatureFriday
IOM’s Migration Reporting Training lands at @cmuofficial_tw! Youth are key in telling stories that inform, not mislead. Over two days, students gained: ✅Knowledge on fundamentals of migration ✅Skills to craft balanced, evidence-based stories ✅Experience interviewing migrants
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With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMGambia is working with Gambian local authorities, women and youth to address environmental drivers and structural factors that contribute to #migration and #displacement in rural communities🇬🇲🌱💨🐄 #FeatureFriday
IOM successfully pilots Transhumance Tracking and Climate Vulnerability Assessment Tools in Central River Region - South. The data generated will help inform policy and programming on mitigating land-related conflicts exacerbated by climate change in The Gambia.
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With @IOMDevFund support, @UNmigration is harnessing inclusive global alliances for diaspora engagement, by providing Member States and partners with collaboration spaces, to contribute to the empowerment and recognition of #diaspora as key development actors🌎🌍🌏 #FeatureFriday
Felicito a @CancilleriaPeru por coorganizar el taller “La diáspora como agente de desarrollo”. Dos días de valioso intercambio sobre herramientas, buenas prácticas e institucionalidad para trabajar con comunidades peruanas en el exterior. Gracias al financiamiento @IOMDevFund
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The 3rd Int’l & Regional #MigrationLaw Course for Africa wrapped up in Moshi, Tanzania 🇹🇿 last week! 24 officials from 20 AU Member States trained on rights-based migration governance, thanks to IOM’s Policy Div., @IomAcbc & @IOMDevFund. More 🔗:
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IOM is committed to a global approach under which the protection of migrants’ rights is included in all aspects of migration governance. This approach is grounded in the principles of human rights,...
The 3rd International & Regional Migration Law Course for Africa has officially concluded! held in #Moshi, Tanzania from 15–19 Sept 2025, the course was a joint effort by @iomacbc & Migration Policy Division. #InternationalMigrationLaw #RegionalMigrationLaw #IOM #Africa
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A 12-member delegation from Zimbabwe’s @mpslswzim wrapped up a 5-day study visit to Ghana, facilitated by @UNmigration 🇬🇭🇿🇼 with support from @IOMDevFund. The exchange focused on Ghana’s systems for migrant return & reintegration. 🔗 https://t.co/cTdZYQQijY
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Day 3 ✅ Second session in #Rodrigues today, with participants in Anse aux Anglais. Focus: safe migration, being informed & prepared, knowing where to seek help, and building resilience. #IOMMauritius | #InternalMigration #CommunityResilience
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Reliable data is one of the pillars of sound policy. With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMTanzania is strengthening migration data systems in 🇹🇿 to inform evidence-based decision and policymaking in favour of migrants. #FeatureFriday
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMTanzania is convening a workshop to Launch the Sub-Group on Migration Data, bringing together government ministries & agencies, with @NBS_Tanzania & @ocgs_zanzibar @UhamiajiTz as Secretariat.
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Ce 16/09, @iomchad a réuni le comité technique interministériel du Pacte mondial pour les migrations (PMM) dans le cadre du projet « Vers le développement d’une politique migratoire nationale au Tchad », financé par @IOMDevFund 👉 Prochaines étapes : 🔹 Formations en octobre 🔹
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Last week at #ACS2 in Addis Ababa, IOM and city officials from Accra, Addis Ababa and Bujumbura shared findings on how climate change is transforming human mobility in African cities. Read more : https://t.co/sOPkucNSSI
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According to @UNODC, more than 15,000 children are trafficked from West Africa into Europe every year. The @IOMDevFund is proud to support this #CounterTrafficking project, aiming to protect Ghana's youth in sport through #evidencebase and #regularpathways. 🇬🇭 #FeatureFriday
IOM Ghana & @moysgovgh held the 3rd Technical Working Group meeting under the Trafficking in Sports project funded by @IOMDevFund. Stakeholders reviewed & validated the inception report for a gender-sensitive baseline study that will help map sports migration pathways in Ghana.
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On 10 September, @IOMEthiopia will host a side event at the Africa Climate Summit 2 to share insights on how African cities can better respond to climate-induced mobility, drawing on case studies funded by @IOMDevFund. Register using the QR below:
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Productive exchange today with Alessia Castelfranco (IOM Dev Fund) and Daniel Sam (COM a.i) on advancing migration governance, diaspora engagement, and climate-resilient development under Vision 2050.
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