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    Gender Concerns in South African Migration Policy

    2001
    Research undertaken by the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) indicates an increasing proportion of women migrating to South Africa from the Southern African region. This paper identifies gendered patterns of migration as well as gender-specific motives. If migration is to be effectively managed, such realities must be taken into account.
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    Immigration Policies: A Gendered Historical Comparison

    BRIDGE, 2003
    This piece compares policies in the USA, Canada and Sweden from the 1780s to the 1980s. The ?male-breadwinner model? has been a central principle governing who is allowed to migrate to the USA and Canada. This model is based on a male migrant who is the key labourer in the family whose wife and dependants are allowed to join him in the name of ?family reunion?.
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    Engendering Canadian Trade Policy: A Case Study of Labour Mobility in Trade Agreements

    Status of Women Canada, 2004
    This study provides a gender analysis of Canada's commitments under labour mobility agreements associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) (mode 4). These agreements intend to support increased cross-border trade and investment by facilitating the movement of high-skilled workers, business managers and executives.
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    Misunderstanding Migrants: Arguments for Radical Change

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2000
    Governments worldwide have often sought to settle migrant populations. Policies have included population mobility control in China and strict laws banning rural-urban migration in Ethiopia during the Derg regime. Is migration a severe threat to established lifestyles as is widely believed?
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    The Millennium Development Goals and Migration

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    What are the linkages between migration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? There is no clear cause-and-effect relationship between migration and the achievement of the MDGs. Migration can have a positive or negative impact on development. However, if properly engaged, migrants can support the achievement of MDG targets.
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    GENDER: Persecution in the Spotlight

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2001
    When the fathers of the 1951 Convention - all men - drew up what would become the key instrument of international refugee law, they defined the right to refuge as being based on a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, and political opinion.
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    Interim Report on Women and Migration

    Committee on Feminism and International Law, 2004
    This report examines from a human rights and gender angle, the 'Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children'. This protocol, signed by 117 states and ratified by 62 states, came into force in 2003.
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    What is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families?

    2003
    The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRM) was approved in 1990 and came into force as an instrument of international law on July 1, 2003, with the required ratification by 20 party states.
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    Gender Mainstreaming in UK Development Cooperation

    Network Women in Development Europe, 2004
    This briefing note provides an overview and critique of gender mainstreaming policy and practice within the Department for International Development, UK (DFID), focusing specifically on gender mainstreaming in trade policy.
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    Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Databank

    Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2004
    This bibliography presents key resources and case studies on the impact of trade liberalisation policies on women, with special attention to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It includes general concepts, glossaries, theoretical works and declarations, as well as resources on the main trade agreements affecting the Americas.

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