(a)
Legal protection for the freedom of movement: States parties should ensure that employers
andrecruiters do not confiscate or destroy travel or identity documents belonging to
women migrants. States parties should also take steps to end the forced seclusion or
locking in the homes of women migrant workers,especially those working in domestic
service. Police officers should betrained to protect the rights of women migrant workers
from suchabuses(article 2 (e));
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Non-discriminatory family reunification schemes:States parties should ensurethat family
reunification schemes for migrant workers are notdirectly or indirectly discriminatory on
the basis of sex(article 2 (f));
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Non-discriminatory residency regulations: when residency permits of women migrant
workersare premisedon the sponsorship of an employeror spouse,States parties should
enactprovisionsrelating to independent residency status. Regulations should be made to
allow for the legal stay of a woman whoflees her abusive employer or spouseor is fired
for complaining about abuse(article 2 (f));
(g) Training and awareness-raising: States parties should provide mandatory awarenessraising programmes concerning the rights of migrant women workers and gender
sensitivity training for relevant public and private recruitment agencies and employers
and relevant State employees, suchas criminal justice officers, borderpolice, immigration
authorities, border police and social service and health-careproviders(article 3);
Monitoring systems: States parties should adopt regulations and design monitoring
systemsto ensurethat recruiting agents and employers respectthe rights of all women
migrantworkers.States parties should closely monitor recruiting agencies and prosecute
themforacts of violence, coercion, deception or exploitation (article 2 (e));
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Access to services: States parties should ensure that linguistically and culturally
appropriate gender-sensitive services for women migrant workersare available, including
languageand skills training programmes, emergencyshelters, health-care services,police
services, recreational programmes and programmes designed especially for isolated
womenmigrant workers, such as domestic workers and others secluded in the home, in
additionto victims of domestic violence. Victims of abuse mustbe provided with relevant
emergency and socialservices, regardless of their immigration status (articles 3, 5 and
12);
The rights of women migrant workers in detention, whether they are documented or
undocumented: States parties should ensure that women migrant workers whoare in
detention do not suffer discrimination or gender-based violence, and that pregnant and
breastfeeding mothers as well as womeninill health have accessto appropriate services.
They should review, eliminate or reform laws, regulations, or policies that result in a
disproportionate number of women migrant workers being detained for migration-related
reasons(articles 2 (d) and 5);
(k)
Social inclusion of women migrant workers: States parties should adoptpolicies and
programmeswith the aim of enabling women migrant workers to integrate into the new
society. Such efforts should be respectful of the cultural identity of women migrant
workers and protective of their human rights, in compliance with the Convention (article
5);
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Protection of undocumented women migrant workers:the situation of undocumented
women needs specific attention. Regardless of the lack of immigration status of
undocumented women migrant workers, States parties have an obligation to protect their
basic humanrights. Undocumented women migrant workers musthaveaccessto legal
remedies andjustice in casesofriskto life and of cruel and degradingtreatment,orif they
are coerced into forced labour, face deprivation offulfilment of basic needs, including in
times of health emergencies or pregnancy and maternity,orif they are abused physically
or sexually by employers orothers. If they are arrested or detained, the States parties must
ensure that undocumented women migrant workers receive humanetreatment and have
access to dueprocess of the law, including through free legal aid. In that regard, States
parties should repeal or amend laws andpractices that prevent undocumented women
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