A/HRC/41/38 (a) Ratify and implement all international human rights instruments relevant to the protection of the human rights of migrant women and girls, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; (b) Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (c) Ensure that the implementation, review and follow-up of the Global Compact for Migration is human rights-based, gender-responsive and child-sensitive; (d) Formulate human rights-based, gender-responsive and child-sensitive policies to govern migration that promote gender equality and non-discrimination; (e) Increase avenues for regular migration, where migrants, including women and girls, can make informed choices and have access to legal protection, services and social networks in countries of origin, transit and destination; (f) Revise national laws and regulations governing migration to make them more gender-responsive by including provisions on anti-discrimination, equality between men and women, mandatory health insurance for migrant workers at all levels and special protection for vulnerable categories of workers, including domestic workers; (g) Take measures to ensure that family reunion policies are applicable to women migrant workers at all levels, including domestic workers, in order to enable their spouses and children to join them in their country of destination; (h) Involve migrant women and relevant civil society organizations in the formulation, implementation and review of policies and regulations governing migration to ensure that the specific needs of migrant women and girls are addressed; (i) Provide pre-departure orientation training specific to migrant women, which should include information on their human rights, potential methods of exploitation and available complaint mechanisms; and make financial literacy programmes available to migrant women to enable them to better manage their earnings; (j) Ensure the provision of basic services as enshrined in international human rights law, so that citizens do not have to rely on remittances to compensate for the absence of affordable, accessible, publicly funded services and social protection; (k) Ensure the provision of human rights-based, gender-responsive and child-sensitive reintegration programmes for migrants who return to their countries of origin, and more specifically, ensure that economic, sociocultural and psychosocial support is provided to returnee migrants and communities in their countries of origin prior, during and after their return; (l) Provide gender-sensitive human rights training to immigration officials, border police, social workers, health-care providers, educators, judicial officers and media workers to raise their awareness of the human rights of migrant women and girls; (m) Take all measures necessary to prevent, investigate, prosecute and sanction human rights violations and abuse against migrant women and girls, whether perpetrated by public officials or private individuals; (n) Guarantee adequate recognition of foreign qualifications and skills to ensure that migrant women do not become underemployed or “deskilled”, and to ensure that their professional experience and skills are fully recognized; (o) Lift sex-specific bans and discriminatory restrictions on the migration of women, whether they are based on age, pregnancy or marital or maternity status, and 19

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