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International Migrants Day – 18 December 2014
http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2013/12/gender-on-the-move
GENDER ON THE MOVE: WORKING ON THE MIGRATION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Authors/Editor(s): Allison. J Petrozziello
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Around the world, a record number of women are now
migrating to seek work and better lives. For many, migration yields these
benefits; for others, it carries dangerous risks, such as exploitation in
domestic work, and vulnerability to violence. Migration policies and practices
have been slow to recognize these risks and take steps to make the process safe
for women.
Migration and remittances have great potential to
contribute to development, but also present new challenges. The training
manual "Gender on the Move: Working on the Migration-Development Nexus
from a Gender Perspective", aims to build the gender analysis capacity of
those working in the field of migration and development to bring about a model
of development that is centered on people, human rights, and on the principle of
gender equality.
The manual also offers a series of tools to help design
programmes and policies that strengthen the positive effects of migration in
terms of development, both in origin and destination countries. The manual,
which is available in English and Spanish, is divided into a
facilitator’s guide and four training guides, each of which has a self-directed
learning section and an activities section for designing face-to-face
trainings.
The manual aims to provoke thinking and action around
migration and development from a gender and rights-based perspective, bringing
to the fore migration for care, the importance of putting the right to care on
the development agenda, and migrant women’s rights.
The manual is divided into the following sections:
1. Introduction to Gender, Migration, and Development
2. Impact of Remittances on Local Economies in Origin Countries from a Gender
Perspective
3. Global Care Chains
4. Migration Policies and Migrant Women’s Rights