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Women on the move
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) & International Organization for Migration (IOM)
September, 2006

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An expert group meeting on "Female Migrants: Bridging the gaps throughout the life cycle" was organized in May 2006 by UNFPA and IOM in light of the opportunity to highlight the issue of female migrants at the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development organized in September 2006. The brochure gives a summary of the recommendations and conclusions from the meeting.

Facts and figures
Over the past 40 years, there has been a steady increase in female migration. Of the approximately 191 million migrants in 2005, around 95 million were female, of which an estimated 60 million were in developed countries.

More women today are migrating independently for work, though family reunification is still the main reason for female migration. An unknown but significant number of women are forced by war or civil unrest to leave their countries. Other reasons for women to migrate include unequal gender relations, gender-based violence, poverty and economic insecurity.

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