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their families, and other programmes that may contribute to the full development
impact of migration;
18. Calls upon States to address the structural and underlying causes of
violence against women migrant workers, including through education and
dissemination of information and by raising awareness of gender-equality issues,
promoting their economic empowerment and access to decent work and, where
relevant, their integration into the formal economy, in particular in economic
decision-making, and promoting their participation in public life, as appropriate;
19. Calls upon Governments to promote access to adequate health-care
services and education for women migrant workers and their accompanying children;
20. Also calls upon Governments to recognize the right of women migrant
workers and their accompanying children, regardless of their migratory status, to have
access without discrimination to emergency health care, including in times of
humanitarian crises, natural disasters and other emergency situati ons, and in this
regard to ensure that women migrant workers are not discriminated against on the
grounds of pregnancy and childbirth and, in accordance with national legislation, to
address the vulnerabilities to HIV experienced by migrant populations and support
their access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support;
21. Encourages Governments to ensure the appropriate use of voluntary and
confidential HIV testing and pregnancy testing to prevent unwarranted barriers prior
to and during migration;
22. Encourages States to protect women migrant workers, including domestic
workers, from becoming victims of trafficking in persons, through the
implementation of programmes and policies that prevent victimization and through
the provision of protection and access to justice, as well as medical and psychological
assistance, where appropriate;
23. Urges States to recognize the significant contributions and leadership of
women in migrant communities and to take appropriate steps to promote their full,
equal and meaningful participation in the development of local solutions and
opportunities, and also to recognize the importance of protecting labour rights and a
safe environment for women migrant workers and those in informal employment,
protecting women migrant workers in all sectors and encouraging safe, orderly and
regular migration, as well as labour mobility, including circular migration;
24. Urges States that have not yet done so to adopt and implement legislation
and policies that protect all women migrant workers, including those in domestic
work, to include therein, and improve where necessary, relevant monitoring and
inspection measures, in line with applicable International Labour Organization
conventions and other instruments to ensure compliance with international
obligations and to grant women migrant workers in domestic service access to gendersensitive, transparent mechanisms for bringing complaints against recruitment
agencies and employers, including terminating their contracts in the event of labour
and economic exploitation, discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and sexual
abuse in the workplace, while stressing that such instruments should not punish
women migrant workers, and calls upon States to promptly investigate and punish all
violations of their rights;
25. Urges Governments to support enhanced reception and reintegration
assistance for those who return, with particular attention to the needs of victims of
trafficking in persons and of migrants in vulnerable situations, inter alia, children,
older women and women with disabilities;
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