A/RES/74/127
Violence against women migrant workers
concrete strategies to specifically address violence against women migrant workers,
including in the context of discrimination,
Realizing that the movement of a significant number of women migrant workers
may be facilitated and made possible by means of fraudulent or irregular
documentation and sham marriages with the object of migration, that this may be
facilitated through, inter alia, the Internet and that those women migrant workers are
more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation,
Recognizing the importance of exploring the link between migration and
trafficking in persons in order to further efforts to wards protecting women migrant
workers from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse and to provide
appropriate care, assistance and services for trafficking victims, regardless of
migratory status,
Recognizing also that the vulnerabilities documented for women migrant
workers highlight increasingly complex migration contexts and channels, where
migrant workers may find themselves in life-threatening situations when entering
other countries,
Highlighting measures adopted by some countries of destination to alleviate the
plight of women migrant workers residing in their areas of jurisdiction and to promote
access to justice, including through the establishment of gender-sensitive protection
mechanisms for women migrant workers, by facilitating the ir access to mechanisms
for reporting complaints or providing assistance during legal proceedings and by
promoting actions to protect migrant women who are victims of violence,
Underlining the important role of relevant United Nations treaty bodies in
monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions and of the relevant
special procedures, as well as of the supervisory mechanisms of the International
Labour Organization, in monitoring the implementation of international labour
standards, within their respective mandates, in addressing the problem of violence
against women migrant workers and in protecting and promoting their human rights
and welfare,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 23
2.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the
review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General
Assembly, 24 which highlights, inter alia, that overall progress in the implementation
of the Platform for Action has been particularly slow for women and girls who
experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and that marginalized
groups of women, including migrant women, are at particular risk o f discrimination
and violence;
3.
Invites Member States to consider ratifying relevant International Labour
Organization conventions, including the Migration for Employment Convention
(Revised), 1949 (No. 97), 25 the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions)
Convention, 1975 (No. 143), 26 the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997
(No. 181) 27 and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), 18 and to consider
signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 20 the Protocol to
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A/74/235.
E/CN.6/2015/3.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 120, No. 1616.
Ibid., vol. 1120, No. 17426.
Ibid., vol. 2115, No. 36794.
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