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Short Summary
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| Title |
Gender and Internal Migration – Considerations
and Challenges (presentation for Regional Conference on Migration
and Development in Asia) |
| Author |
Glind, H. |
| Publication
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March 2005 |
| Publisher |
International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
| Donor |
International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
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Short Summary |
Internal migration far exceeds cross-border migration,
both in China and globally. There is both legally authorised and irregular
migration internally as well as internationally. Internal migration
can be irregular where regulations on residential registration deny
permission to move to another part of the country, and where internal
migrants are denied access to schools or other social services to
which local people are entitled. An increasing proportion of internal
and irregular migrants are women, and especially young unmarried women
in many areas. Generally, officially sanctioned migration and job
placement services are geared towards the more skilled workers, who
are more likely to be men. This presentation uses a China case study
to consider gender and internal migration issues - an International
Labour Organisation (ILO) project to prevent trafficking in girls
and young women for labour exploitation within the country. Unprepared
and ill-informed migration puts many girls at risk of trafficking.
The ILO project proposes prolonging school enrolment for girls to
the age of 16, and supporting well-prepared and safe migration into
decent and non-stereotypical jobs for girls over 16, including through
Memorandums of Understanding among sending and receiving provinces.
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