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"The government is right to be concerned about abuse against migrant women, but the correct response is not to stop them from going, but to ensure they can migrate with guarantees for their safety, " Varia said.
CNN: Nepal bans women under 30 from working in Gulf states
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It examines how there is a new opportunity for civil society activists to direct attention towards possible humanitarian gaps as regards Haitian migrant women who have crossed the border, helping inter alia to strengthen protection measures across the island, in part because the issue of gender violence in Haiti has become more visible than previously.
UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
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"We are not happy with the decision, " said Gurung, who heads Pourakhi, a Nepalese agency that promotes the welfare of women migrant workers.
CNN: Nepal bans women under 30 from working in Gulf states
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"A striking global demand for labor and a growing supply of workers willing to take ever greater risks for economic opportunities seem a recipe for increased forced labor cases of migrant workers and women in prostitution, " it says.
CNN: Recession boosts global human trafficking, report says
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Mr Han does not believe that trade unionists should involve themselves in politics, but he criticises the government and its official trade union for treating any attempt to improve working conditions--asking for a cool-air fan in a furnace-shop, for instance, or setting up an evening school for women migrant workers--as potential subversion.
ECONOMIST: All critics have been silenced
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Activists from the women's rights group Feminist Fightback have also joined the demonstration as a majority of the cleaners are women and migrant workers.
BBC: Tube cleaners in 'fair wage' call
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He didn't have to travel far from his home in Minneapolis to find a camp where Hispanic women, migrant workers in food-processing plants, have temporary quarters.
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All around them are factories staffed by young women, most of them migrant workers from northern provinces.
ECONOMIST: A survey of the young
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The delegate list shows a "marked increase" in the number of front-line workers, migrant workers, farmers, professional and technical personnel and women.
BBC: China media: Opinions divided on Congress