IOM: Equal rights and opportunies for safe migration - a prerequisite for development.
Date: 08/03/2010 - 08:32
Migration policies must offer equal opportunities to migrate to both women and men to reduce women's vulnerability during migration and to optimize the positive development impact of migration in communities of origin, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on the occasion of International Women's Day 2010.
Full statement available here
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