WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

 

TAJIKISTAN - HUSBANDS' MIGRATION - WOMEN LEFT BEHIND - REPORT

 

OSCE - Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe

ODIHR - OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions & Human Rights

 

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS IN TAJIKISTAN

 

Direct Link to Full 55-Page 2012 Report:

http://www.osce.org/odihr/93637

Since 2000, the number of Tajik men emigrating abroad in search of work has steadily increased, with over 700,000 leaving their families behind in 2010 alone, usually for a prolonged period of time. While some migrants continue to provide financial and emotional support to their wives, children and other relatives by sending remittances and visiting home, others either do not find it possible or deliberately choose to establish new families and invest their resources elsewhere. As a result, Tajikistan faces the challenge of reintegrating abandoned wives of labour migrants into the socio-economic life of the society.

This assessment report, which is produced in the framework of ODIHR’s 2012 project “Social and economic inclusion of women from migrant households in Tajikistan,” builds on the 2009 baseline study “Abandoned Wives of Tajik labor migrants,” conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Tajikistan. It provides an updated synopsis of the socio-economic challenges faced by women from migrant households through a comparative perspective across four geographical regions and three groups of respondents, as well as an outline of the legislative, policy and institutional framework with a specific focus on gender aspects. Finally, it proposes a number of recommendations to national and local government authorities on how policy, institutional and legislative frameworks to support abandoned women from migrant households can be further strengthened.