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  Factsheet: The Philippines

  United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2011

  This fact sheet by UN Women presents an overview of the situation women currently face in the Philippines, as well as the various ways in which UN Women has been supporting governments and civil society.
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  Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon

  International Labour Organization, 2008

  Thousands of women leave their homes each year to work as domestic workers in the Arab world with the hope of securing a better economic future. Some have their dreams fulfilled; others find themselves in a financial and emotional bind.
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  Child Prostitution: the Commercial Exploitation of Children

  2008

  It is clear that child prostitution is a problem in the Czech Republic, with reports of internal trafficking of Czech children from areas of low employment near border regions with Germany and Austria, and of girls from the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East being trafficked to the Czech Republic for sexual purposes.
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  Trade impact review: Mexico case study: NAFTA and the FTAA: a gender analysis of employment and poverty impacts in agriculture

  Women's Edge Coalition, 2003

  Mexicans working in agriculture were hit hard by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There is now concern over the potential impact of increased trade liberalisation through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This case study seeks to quantify the differential impact on Mexican women and men of trade agreements so that lessons learned can inform new trade agreements.
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  Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation between Venezuela and Ecuador

  Survivors Rights International, 2003

  Why does trafficking for sexual exploitation occur, and what can be done to combat it?
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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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  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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  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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