A/74/191 and refugee women and provides them with care during pregnancy and after delivery. 93 F. Main challenges among States in gender-responsive migration legislation, policies, and practices 84. Despite gender-sensitive initiatives being developed, such as those described above, a series of challenges remain with regard to fully gender-responsive migration legislation, policies and practices and their implementation. 1. Lack of a strong gender-responsive approach in migration governance 85. A number of countries have overall weak gender-responsive approaches in their migration policies. This is particularly the case in the area of integration. Other countries seem to lack concrete action-oriented plans to translate general commitments that were made at a higher political level. For example, in some cases a government has a stated commitment to establish a comprehensive migration policy to protect and fulfil the rights of all migrants, but its national human rights strategy may mention migrants only in general terms, without consideration of gender aspects. 86. In some countries, reduced funding for national budgets has affected the ability of States to fulfil their obligations in relation to the elimination of all forms of discrimination and the promotion of gender equality in the area of migration governance. 87. Other challenges involve the lack of respect and gender-responsive approach on the part of personnel, including social workers, who regularly deal with migrant women and girls. Concerns were raised over unwelcoming messages given to migrant women by social workers, encouraging them to “just go home” or “leave their children behind and go back home”. 88. Furthermore, while some laws are written in neutral terms, in others the language used may lead to an unfavourable interpretation. For instance, in French law the term “migrant” is often employed in its masculine form (le migrant) instead of a more neutral term (such as la personne migrante), which would ensure a genderresponsive applicability of the law. 94 2. Lack of gender statistics and disaggregated data in migration 89. The challenge of obtaining sex- and gender-disaggregated data persists at a global level. The visibility of migrant girls in available research and data is markedly lacking. Gender- and sex-disaggregated data is particularly weak in the context of detention. There are very few statistics on exactly how many women , girls and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons are languishing in immigration detention centres or what the conditions of their detention are. 95 3. Inadequate reception conditions 90. Migrant women and girls in reception facilities in many countries continue to be at serious risk of gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and unaccompanied girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse. 96 In __________________ 93 94 95 96 18/24 See O Sao Paulo, 17 June 2018 (http://www.osaopaulo.org.br/noticias/amparo-maternal-ereferencia-de-parto-normal-em-sao-paolo). See submission of La Cimade. See submission by the Global Detention Project. Gender Equality Commission, Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls, Strasbourg, 2018 (preliminary draft factsheet available at: 19-12287