Indeed, the pandemic escalated vulnerabilities of labour migrants to abuse of human and labour rights as well as victimisation and unfair/unethical recruitment processes arising from desperation. x Estimates by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), indicated migrant workers rose to 169 million globally in 2019. The gender distribution revealed that 68.1 million or approximately 41.6 per cent were female.
In addressing fair labour distribution, the ILO convened a training workshop organised within the framework of the fairway project as a component of a wider response strategy towards enhancing the effectiveness of employers’ organisations, Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) in the area of labour migration amid the context of COVID-19 in Nigeria.