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INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT'S DAY - DECEMBER 18 - MIGRANT WOMEN & GIRLS

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International Migrants' Day - December 18
In 1997, Filipino and other Asian migrant organizations began celebrating and promoting the 18th December as the International Day of Solidarity with Migrants. This date was choosen because it was on 18th December 1990 that the UN adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families.

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Direct Link to European Women's Lobby Report on Migrant Women in the EU:

http://www.womenlobby.org/SiteResources/data/MediaArchive/Publications/1817%20BR%20en%20MP01LR.pdf

EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL VOICES - MIGRANT WOMEN IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Women on the Move—New Evidence on the International Migration of Women

About half of the world's migrant population is female, and the share of women in the total estimated migrant stock of 190.6 million people in 2005 has increased by almost 3 percent since 1960 (UN, 2005). The World Bank is currently analyzing the dynamics and determinants of international migration from a gender perspective and is beginning to uncover different economic impacts on households and communities of male and female migrants. A research volume compiling the research currently produced will be published by November 2007.

Recent findings from research by the Bank's Gender and Development Group on the international migration of women include:

	Household expenditures from remittances vary according to gender and household bargaining power of the remitter.
	Female heads of household in Ghana on average have larger expenditure shares allocated to food (10%) and education (40%), but smaller budget shares allocated to consumer goods (-15%), housing (-8%) and other goods (-8%) (Guzman et al. 2006).
	But female heads of household who receive remittances from abroad substantially change the way they allocate resources. Their pattern of expenditure differ substantially from the average expenditure pattern for women, instead they behave a lot like male heads of household: spending more on consumer and durable goods and housing and less on food. One hypothesis is that the male spouses who send remittances manage to impose their preferences over how the remittances should be spent back home.

Women on the Move: Magnitude, Trends and Impacts of the International Migration of Women

World Bank Chief Economist, François Bourguignon, at a special session related to the UN General Assembly High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (9/14/06 ), encouraged policy makers to analyze migration policies from a gender perspective, arguing that in many cases “policies in the field of migration are gender neutral in principle but not practice.” Powerpoint (PDF 80KB)

Issues investigated at the side event co-sponsored by the Government of Sweden and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) include: gender dimensions of remittances, female migrants’ participation in the labor force and policy options for developing and developed countries in recognizing and enhancing the productive potential of female migrants. Agenda to the side event(MS Word 80KB)

In preparation for the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration, the World Bank's Gender and Development Group presented some preliminary findings from its research on female migration at a seminar at headquarters in Washington. Agenda and presentation materials

A quick overview of the magnitude, trends and impacts of the international migration of women
Pamphlet, Women on the Move(PDF 350KB)

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