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ILO: Restrictions on women’s labour migration can increase risk of exploitation, especially for migrant domestic workers

Press release

ILO: Restrictions on women’s labour migration can increase risk of exploitation, especially for migrant domestic workers

Gender-based migration bans and restrictions are one way in which states attempt to address the risk of exploitation and abuse faced by women migrant workers, especially in the domestic work sector.

Protected or put in harm’s way?
Protected or put in harm-EN

Women migrant workers

Protected or put in harm’s way?

This pioneering research provides important evidence for repealing gender-based migration restrictions, and concludes with a number of recommendations for alternative strategies that protect and support women migrant workers.

UN Women-ILO project: ‘Preventing the exploitation of women migrant workers in ASEAN’

UN Women-ILO project: ‘Preventing the exploitation of women migrant workers in ASEAN’

A UN Women and ILO collaboration to enhance the benefits of labour migration in the ASEAN region through improved protection of women migrant workers