General Recommendation No. 26 on Women Migrant Workers. (ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION)
- Document number
- 1987
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- General Recommendation No. 26 on Women Migrant Workers. (ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION)
- Author/publisher
- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, (the Committee) affirming that migrant women, like all women, should not be discriminated against in any sphere of their life, decided at its 32nd session (January 2005), pursuant to article 21 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, (the Convention) to issue a general recommendation on some categories of women migrant workers, who may be at risk of abuse and discrimination. This general recommendation intends to contribute to the fulfilment of the obligations of State Parties to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of women migrant workers
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