A/RES/62/132
Recalling the discussions during the High-level Dialogue on International
Migration and Development, held on 14 and 15 September 2006, which recognized,
inter alia, the need for special protection for migrant women,
Recognizing the increasing participation of women in international migration,
driven in large part by socio-economic factors, and that this feminization of
migration requires greater gender sensitivity in all policies and efforts related to the
subject of international migration,
Stressing the shared responsibility of all stakeholders, in particular countries of
origin, transit and destination, relevant regional and international organizations, the
private sector and civil society, in promoting an environment that prevents and
addresses violence against women migrant workers,
Acknowledging the contribution that women migrant workers make to
development through the economic benefits that accrue to both the country of origin
and the country of destination,
Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and their children at all stages
of the migration process, extending from the moment of deciding to migrate, and
including transit, engagement in formal and informal employment, and integration
into the host society, as well as during their return to their countries of origin,
Expressing deep concern at the continuing reports of grave abuses and violence
committed against migrant women and girls, including gender-based violence, in
particular sexual violence, trafficking, domestic and family violence, racist and
xenophobic acts, abusive labour practices and exploitative conditions of work,
Recognizing that the intersection of, inter alia, gender, age, class and ethnic
discrimination and stereotypes can compound the discrimination faced by women
migrant workers,
Reaffirming the commitment to protect and promote the human rights of all
women, including, without discrimination, indigenous women who migrate for
work, and in this regard noting the attention paid in the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6 to the elimination of all forms of violence and
discrimination against indigenous women, as appropriate,
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Noting with concern that many migrant women who are employed in the
informal economy and in less skilled work are especially vulnerable to abuse and
exploitation, and underlining in this regard the obligation of States to protect the
human rights of migrants so as to prevent abuse and exploitation,
Emphasizing the need for objective, comprehensive and broad-based
information, including sex- and age-disaggregated data and statistics, and gendersensitive indicators for research and analysis, and a wide exchange of experience
and lessons learned by individual Member States and civil society in the formulation
of policies and concrete strategies to address the problem of violence against women
migrant workers,
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, among other things, the Internet, and that those women migrant
workers are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation,
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Resolution 61/295, annex.