domingo, 24 de octubre de 2010

IOM and women migrant workers


The IOM (international organization for migration) is a intergovernmental organization established in 1951, committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society, they are focus on working to solve some direct dimensions of migration which includes: labor migration, family reunification, combating irregular migration, migration and trade, migrant rights etc.


Some of the IOM main focuses are:
Assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management.
Advance understanding of migration issues.
Encourage social and economic development through migration.
Uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.


The IOM works for the benefits and rights of the migrant and it is true that many migrants are woman which also have to face with rejection and misunderstanding and voluntary or many times obligated become migrants searching other opportunities or to escape from a cruel life. In order to help them the IOM works to protect woman migrant workers rights, offering policies that guarantee equal conditions for migrant woman’s, the IOM also provides information for woman to have a better opportunity and chances to avoid illegal migration, IOM and its programs helps woman to avoid discrimination and even have health assistant program, they become a support were woman find a real opportunity to undergo their migrant conditions.
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