Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

On 26 May 2024, the World Health Organization announced the official selection of this years winning films of its 5th Health for All Film Festival. The awards were announced at a special event launching WHOs Investment Round on the eve of the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly in Geneva. Among the film awarded, the special Prize Migrants and Refugees Health was given to Dalal's Story directed by Alexandra Cordukes from Laundry Lane Productions (Australia).

EU-Belong is a 3-year project run by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and 12 partners, and co-funded by the AMIF Programme (AMIF-2020-AG-CALL) of the European Union. The project is pioneering the field of inclusion & integration, by using an intercultural approach developed by the Council of Europe to innovate regional policymaking. EU-Belong will showcase how multistakeholder approaches, tailored capacity-building, co-design and transnational mutual-learning leverage regional efforts and generate innovation.

The City of Amsterdam, Netherlands launched the 180 Amsterdammers campaign in which it displays the portraits of individuals from 180 different nationalities, in local media as well as social media, to emphasize the diversity and the richness of their community.

In Toronto, Canada CBC Radios Business Case for Diversity combines their audience growth strategy with effective diverse hiring and recruitment practices to become the top rated morning show in the city.

Voces del Sur (Voices of the South) has been running since 2017 and has trained 20 migrant women in journalism and communications to enable them to generate content for an Andalucan local radio network of nearly 100 stations, as well as local television partners. The network has existed for four decades and is a trusted voice in the communities it serves. The purpose of the project is integration through communication not serving good news about migration. It does not encourage the beneficiaries to report on migration but all other topics from daily life.

1. Combating, preventing and eradicating human trafficking in the context of international migration: this is a delicate and painful issue, as many Cameroonians are direct and indirect victims of security crises. A striking example was the migration crisis in North Africa (Libya), with the mistreatment of migrants by human trafficking networks. 

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The Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V) is a collaborative effort involving over 200 organizations, including UN agencies, civil society, faith-based organizations, and NGOs. The platform coordinates efforts under Venezuela's Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) to support refugees and migrants from Venezuela in 17 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) program, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom, aims to improve migration governance in East and Horn of Africa. The main objectives are to facilitate humane and orderly labor migration, safeguard the rights of migrant workers and their families, and promote regional integration and social cohesion. The targeted population includes migrant workers and their families, governments, civil society organizations, and the media

@letstalkmigration on Instagram

letstalkmigration is an online Instagram community with around 1,800 young members and growing sharing tools and tips on how to change the often negative narratives on migration in their communities.

Description: The ILO is working closely with the media to ensure balanced and right based narratives, to counteract biased narratives and fight discrimination, disseminate accurate information to prevent deception and produce an evidence-based debate around labour migration.