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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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  Feminist and Migrant Networking in a Globalising World

  BRIDGE, 2003

  This article analyses research on 224 migrant women's organisations, projects and groups located in Germany in 2000. Findings were that many such organisations brought together migrants from more than one country, sometimes grouped by continent. They acquired a common identity as migrants or foreigners in Germany. Those with more secure legal status were more active.
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  Evaluation of DFID development assistance: gender equality and women's empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Migration and Development

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report analyses the United Kingdom Department for International Development's work on migration from the perspective of its commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. It assesses how far DFID's work to date has adopted its own indicators of effective gender mainstreaming, and suggests areas for strengthening DFID's contribution in this field.
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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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  Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

  Women Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington, 1990

  Refugees are those who have fled across borders, while internally displaced persons (IDPs) are those who have fled from their homes but stayed within their countries. In 2003, the number of internally displaced persons was estimated to be twice that of refugees.
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  The Migrating Women's Handbook

  1999

  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.
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  Global Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook

  2000

  This handbook is for NGOs, activists and other people who come into contact with trafficked persons or who are interested in the issue of trafficking. It is a broad-based manual, containing general strategies that can be easily adapted to local contexts.

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