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  New forms of citizenship: democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Oxfam, 2003

  In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many families live in illegal land occupations (favelas), housing projects and working-class suburbs. In the daily lives of most of these families, little change has been experienced under democracy as opposed to dictatorship. For some, life is more defined by violence related to drug-trafficking.
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  The ??Natasha?? Experience: Migrant Sex Workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey

  Pergamon, 2002

  Women have been migrating across the world in increasing numbers and the sex industry remains one option for work in host countries. This paper looks at the case of migrant sex workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey, documenting sex workers' experiences in Istanbul.
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  Crossing Borders, Claiming Rights: Using Human Rights Law to Empower Women Migrant Workers

  Social Sciences Research Network, 2005

  Intersectionality' is the concept that different identities and different oppressions intersect with each other. This article looks at the intersections between migration status, gender and other variables relevant to women who migrate for work, particularly to do domestic labour. Human rights treaty law is analysed from the perspective of these intersections.
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  Cutting edge pack: gender and migration

  BRIDGE, 2005

  In 2000, 1 in every 35 people was an international migrant and half of these were women. The total numbers of people moving internally and the proportions of women among them are even higher. People's experiences of gender are central to the patterns, causes and impacts of migration. Gender roles, relations and inequalities affect who migrates, how, why, and where they end up.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 16: Gender and Migration

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  Over the past four decades total numbers of international migrants have more than doubled but the percentage of the world population migrating has remained fairly constant. There are now 175 million international migrants worldwide or approximately 3.5 per cent of the global population -about half of whom are women.
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  Gender and Migration: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This collection is made up of summaries of overviews, case studies, tools and guidelines and other materials relating to gender and migration. Details of how to obtain copies or download the full texts are provided with each summary.
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  Empowering Migrant Workers in Asia. A Briefing Kit

  2004

  Migrants, particularly women, suffer discrimination, violence and exploitation which makes their lives difficult, and thwarts the positive development effects of migration.
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  An Information Guide - Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  More and more women, especially Asian women, are migrating legally or illegally for overseas employment.
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  Streetwalkers Show the Way - Reframing the Debate on Trafficking from Sex Workers' Perspective

  BRIDGE, 2004

  Ending trafficking into sex work requires measures to ensure all brothel owners and managers abide by norms barring them from recruiting trafficked sex workers. Durbar, the West Bengal Sex Workers Collective, established local Self-Regulatory Boards in Calcutta in 1999 and later, across West Bengal.
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  Tackling the Causes of Trafficking

  Anti-Trafficking Centre, Serbia, 1990

  How can the causes of trafficking be addressed? The Anti-Trafficking Centre (ATC) in Belgrade, an NGO, works to combat trafficking from Serbia and Montenegro and the region by tackling the causes of trafficking such as gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities.

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