Acting together in a world on the move

The Global Migration Group (GMG) is an inter-agency group bringing together heads of agencies to promote the wider application of all relevant international and regional instruments and norms relating to migration, and to encourage the adoption of more coherent, comprehensive and better coordinated approaches to the issue of international migration.

Migration and Gender

Publications The Impact of Remittances on Gender Roles and Opportunities for Children in Recipient Families: Research from the International Organization for Migration (2011) Gender and Labour Migration in Asia (2009) Working to Prevent and Address Violence Against Women Migrant Workers, IOM (2009) Gender and Migration News Bulletin, IOM, Issue 32, February 2009 Information Sheets Gender, Migration and Remittances, IOM (2010) Taking Action Against Violence and Discrimination Affecting Migrant Women and Girls, IOM (2010) Supporting the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation in the Context of Migration, IOM (2009) Useful links More publications on the IOM webiste More publications on the UNFPA webiste