The Migrating Women's Handbook

This manual provides practical tips and information for people who have decided to go abroad for jobs or to get married to foreign nationals.

This manual provides practical tips and information for people who have decided to go abroad for jobs or to get married to foreign nationals. GAATW developed this manual to help people plan a safe journey and ensure that they will minimise problems abroad. The manual provides information on practical tips about arranging travel documents, immigration and visa requirements, residency and work permits, rights and wages, as well as how they can protect their rights. There are specific chapters for people wanting to work as factory workers, domestic workers, sex workers or people wanting to get married to a foreigner. It includes a list of information about organisations providing assistance to migrants in various countries of the world.

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