Rural labour migration in China: challenges for policies
This publication is the result of a study conducted by a young Chinese researcher, Zhan Shaohua. Zhan is a member of the research team led by Professor Huang Ping of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which has been UNESCO’s main partner for the Together with Migrants project in China.
This paper, prepared by the UNESCO Beijing Office, summarizes the progress made since
2002 on the “Together with Migrants” project and offers new perspectives for the future of the project in terms of policy recommendations.
UNESCO initiated the “Together with Migrants” research-action project in 2002 within the framework of the overall UNESCO programme on poverty alleviation and will continue to implement the project until 2007. Our strategy consists of supplementing existing research and analysis through fieldwork experience and in testing the proposed solutions, drawing on the results of the project in a “problem-solving” fashion to deliver policy recommendations to relevant institutions able to make effective changes in the regulations and policies connected to migration issues.
The overall objective of the project is the integration of migrant workers into the urban social and economic fabric through concrete services including training in basic and life skills, vocational training, career counselling, family planning, and health and rights awareness. The main target group is young and female migrants, as they face double discrimination as migrant workers and as women.
This publication is the result of a study conducted by a young Chinese researcher, Zhan Shaohua. Zhan is a member of the research team led by Professor Huang Ping of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which has been UNESCO’s main partner for the Together with Migrants project in China.
