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Women’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges

In the Asia-Pacific region, gender roles, inequalities and relations affect who migrates, why and how, and migration also has significant implications for women migrant workers (WMWs) themselves. This issue presents trends, the impact of women’s labour migration and talks about challenges and opportunities in this context.

Date of Publication
Type of Resource
Source / Publisher
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Regional
Region
Asia
Oceania
Workstream Output
No
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
6
7
Cross Cutting Theme
People-centred
Human rights
Gender-responsive
Keywords
Gender
Labour migration
Tags
gender
women migrant workers
Status
Published

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