A/HRC/41/38
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 April 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-first session
24 June–12 July 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
The impact of migration on migrant women and girls: a
gender perspective
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
provides an account of the activities undertaken during the reporting period. He also
provides a thematic study on the impact of migration on migrant women and girls, from a
gender perspective, in which he aims to contribute to deepening the understanding of
migration as a gendered phenomenon and its impact on human rights.
Women comprise slightly less than half of the international migrant population.
While women and men decide to migrate for similar reasons, gender-specific social and
cultural norms also play decisive roles in the migration process and therefore affect the
experience of migrant women and girls. A greater understanding of migration as a gendered
phenomenon can enable States to better protect migrant women and girls from genderbased discrimination, abuse and violations at all stages of migration, and fulfil their human
rights.
GE.19-06334(E)