Violence against women migrant workers A/RES/74/127 Stressing that laws addressing violence against women and girls, including sexual harassment, are often of limited scope, that those addressing sexual harassment do not cover many workplaces, such as those of domestic workers, includi ng migrant domestic workers, and that gaps need to be addressed, Reaffirming the outcomes of the Fourth World Conference on Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 4 and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 14 and their reviews, Taking note of the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixty-third session, 15 expressing concern that many migrant women, particularly those engaged in informal employment 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, Taking note with appreciation of the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-seventh session, 16 and taking note, in particular, of the commitment, as appropriate, to further adopt and implement measures to ensure the social and legal inclusion and protection of women migrants, including women migrant workers in countries of origin, transit and destination, promote and protect the full realization of their human rights and t heir protection against violence and exploitation, implement gender-sensitive policies and programmes for women migrant workers and provide safe and legal channels that recognize their skills and education, provide fair labour conditions and, as appropriate, facilitate their productive employment and decent work as well as their integration into the labour force, Underlining the importance of taking into account the root causes and consequences of migration, and acknowledging that poverty, in particular t he feminization of poverty, underdevelopment, lack of opportunity, poor governance and environmental factors are among the drivers of migration, Recalling the establishment of the International Migration Review Forum as an intergovernmental global platform for Member States to discuss and share progress on the implementation of all aspects of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, Recalling also that the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development of 2013 17 recognized that women and girls account for almost half of all international migrants at the global level and the need to address the special situation and vulnerability of migrant women and girls by, inter alia, incorporating a gender perspective into policies and strengthening national laws, institutions and programmes to combat gender-based violence, including trafficking in persons and discrimination against them, and emphasized in this regard the need to establish appropriate measures for the protection of women migrant workers in all sectors, including those involved in care and domestic work, Taking note of the adoption by the International Labour Conference of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), 18 the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201) and the Violence and Harassment Convention , __________________ 14 15 16 17 18 19-22222 Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex. Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2019, Supplement No. 7 (E/2019/27), chap. I, sect. A. Ibid., 2013, Supplement No. 7 (E/2013/27), chap. I, sect. A. Resolution 68/4. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2955, No. 51379. 3/13