Selected ILO publications on gender and migrant workers

Las cadenas internacionales del cuidado. Migración y servicio doméstico remunerado Primer informe de avance – caso Ecuador (forthcoming).

Discrimination Against native Swedes of immigrant origin in access to employment

Les Discriminations à raison de 'L'origine' dans les embauches en France – in French

Domestic work, conditions of work and employment: A legal perspective

Facts on Labour Migration - [pdf 30 KB]

The Feminization of International Migration

Forced Labour outcomes of migration from Moldova: rapid assessment - [pdf 501 KB]

Gender and Migration in Arab States: The case of domestic workers

Genre, migration et déqualification : des trajectoires contrastées. Étude de cas de travailleuses migrantes à Genève – in French

Getting at the Roots: Stopping Exploitation of Migrant Workers by Organized Crime

A global alliance against forced labour. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2005 - [pdf 5917 KB] - Buy now

Health worker migration flows in Europe: Overview and case studies in selected CEE countries (Romania, Czech Republic, Serbia and Croatia)

Household Study of Nicaraguan Migrant Women Who Have Emigrated to Costa Rica Seeking Employment

Identification of potential for increasing employment and productive investment in Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine based on Remittances

ILO action against trafficking in human beings - [pdf 1279 KB]

ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration: Non-binding principles and guidelines for a rights-based approach to labour migration

An Information Guide Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers

International migration of health workers: Labour and social issues

Issue Brief 1 - Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon - [pdf 82 KB]

A Mapping Study on Domestic Workers in Yemen

Meeting the Challenge: Proven Practice Examples in trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

Meeting the Challenge: Sharing the tools to fight human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

The Mekong Challenge: 41 Brothels – Prostitution, Trafficking and Human Rights in Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia

The Mekong Challenge: Winding Roads – Young Migrants from Laos PDR and Their Vulnerability to Human Trafficking

Migration prospects after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union

Migrant Workers’ Rights: A Handbook

Promotion of gender equality in action against child labour and trafficking: A practical guide for organizations

Series on Women and Migration: Bolivia

Series on Women and Migration: Costa Rica

Series on Women and Migration: Ethiopia

Series on Women and Migration: Italy

Series on Women and Migration: Japan

Series on Women and Migration: Nicaragua

Series on Women and Migration: Nigeria

Series on Women and Migration: Philippines

Series on Women and Migration: Sri Lanka

Series on Women and Migration: United Arab Emirates

The situation of migrant and non-migrant domestic labour in Latin-America and ILO’s work in the region (forthcoming)

Sri Lanka Case Study on Good Practices to prevent women migrant workers from going into exploitative forms of labour

Tools for Prevention: Participatory Monitoring - Guidelines for practitioners in the fight against human trafficking

Trafficking of migrant workers from Albania: Issues of labour and sexual exploitation - [pdf 257 KB]

Trafficking of migrant workers from Romania: Issues of labour and sexual exploitation - [pdf 403 KB]

Trafficking of migrant workers from Ukraine: Issues of labour and sexual exploitation - [pdf 481 KB]

Using Indonesian Law to Protect and Empower Indonesian Migrant Worker: Some Lessons from the Philippines

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture

Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Bahrain

Women seafarers: Global employment policies and practices - Buy now