Introducing ML Publication

We are happy to come out with the first issue of "Migrants & Locals". It will be a monthly publication with the sole purpose of promoting understanding and solidarity between migrant and local workers. Information, articles and reports will be the main contents of this newsletter.

Two organizations jointly publish "ML". These are the Working Organization for Women (WOW) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrant Filipinos. The WOW engages in and promotes grassroots women in Taiwan. The APMMF works for the promotion and protection of migrants' rights and welfare not only in Taiwan but in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions as well.

This first issue contains the joint activities of the two organizations. These are namely, the film showing workshops held among Filipino migrant workers and a two-day conference on unemployment and migrant workers in Taiwan. We will continue to work towards greater dialogue and unity among these two entities as depicted in the Common Understanding written in this paper.

Any comments and opinions regarding the content of our publication is always welcome. Those contributions from both local and migrant workers would be most welcome and published in the near future. May this lead us to be more understanding and better solidarity.