Women migrant workers and remittances
Remittances and their potential to contribute to development are becoming a central focus of global migration governance. With women making up approximately half of all migrant workers globally, there is a shifting focus of many policies and programmes to include remittances sent by women.
Based on research and lessons learned from the joint UN Women–EU-funded global project, “Promoting and protecting women migrant workers’ labour and human rights: Engaging with international, national human rights mechanisms to enhance accountability”, which is piloted in Mexico, Moldova and the Philippines, this Brief considers the different ways that women transfer and spend remittances, and provides recommendations to better understand and maximize these remittances.
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Bibliographic information
Geographic coverage: Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Mexico; Moldova, Republic of; Philippines
Subject area(s): Economic empowerment; Employment; Migrant workers; Migration
Resource type: Briefs
UN Women office involved in publication: UN Women Headquarters
Publication year: 2017
Number of pages: 4
Publishing entities: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
