Risk Factors Reductions and Prevention: Typical and Atypical experiences

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Risk Factors Reductions and Prevention Typical
and Atypical experiences

• Seminar Women and Migration in the Region of the
  Regional Conference on Migration
• San Salvador19 y 20 de julio de 2007
• Agueda Marin
• International Organization for Migration

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The two faces of migration

• Negative aspects not because of migrating in
  itself but because of the conditions in which it
  occurs
• Positive aspects if under right conditions it
  can bring benefits in autonomy and development of
  women

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Gender discrimination

• Play out in different contexts
• Family Context double roles or violence
  situations
• Economic context the phrase Poverty has a
  womans face still and more valid
• Labor context low salaries, no mobility
  opportunities
• Political context low participation and power
  quotas

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Discrimination in the migration context

• Discrimination also present in the migration
  context
• Specially, but not only, in cross border
  migration
• Border zones are a worlds in themselves Borders
  have their own identity UNFPA.

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Risks during different phases of migration

• Before departure
• During migration route
• In destination country/place

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Before Departure

• Risks and reasons associated to their economic
  status
• Family Abuse
• Psychological risks associated to ther motherhood

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Risks during migration route

• Physical Violence
• Sexual Violence
• Lack of health care access
• Risks in migration centers
• Smuggling in migrants
• Trafficking in women

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Risks at destination country/place

• Lack of access to health care
• Gender violence at home
• Limited opportunities and labor conditions
• High social and psychological costs in
  remittances
• Trafficking in women

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Women who stay

• Greater family weight and responsibility without
  necessarily conditions (resources, family
  support, decision power) to do it
• Sometimes are left under custody of husbands
  family
• New families formed by men in new country
  alimony