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Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - An Information Guide: Booklet 3. Recruitment and the Journey for Employment Abroad

Document number
1516
Date
undated
Title
Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - An Information Guide: Booklet 3. Recruitment and the Journey for Employment Abroad
Author/publisher
Gender Promotion Programme, International Labour Office (ILO)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
Summary
This paper distinguishes the different modes of recruitment and emphasizes that fraudulent and exploitative practices are very common in the recruitment stage. It defines illegal recruitment and draws attention to the various dangers and risks women can face in the recruitment process. Trafficking is one form of illegal recruitment. It describes what governments, the social actors and migrants themselves can do to prevent these malpractices
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