Violence against women migrant workers 2015, para. 24

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Concerned that many migrant women who are employed in the informal economy and in less skilled work are especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, underlining in this regard the obligation of States to protect the human rights of migrants so as to prevent and address abuse and exploitation, observing with concern that many women migrant workers take on jobs for which they may be overqualified and in which, at the same time, they may be more vulnerable because of poor pay and inadequate social protection, and in this regard taking note of the adoption by the International Labour Conference on 12 June 2015, at its 104th session, of Recommendation No. 204 concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Violence against women migrant workers (2015), A/RES/70/130, PP 24.
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PP
Paragraph number
24