Violence against women migrant workers
A/RES/70/130
New York on 3 and 4 October 2013, in order to ensure that the human rights and
human development aspects of women’s migration are adequately integrated into
national, regional and international development policy and practice, such as
poverty reduction strategies and strategies aimed at implementing the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development;
30. Encourages the United Nations system and related entities to continue
and step up their efforts and promote partnerships with all stakeholders, including
civil society organizations, and to coordinate their work in support, as appropriate,
of effective implementation of relevant international and regional instruments in
order to enhance their impact through concrete positive outcomes for the
advancement of women migrant workers’ rights;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to provide a comprehensive, analytical
and thematic report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the
problem of violence against women migrant workers and on the implementation of
the present resolution, taking into account updated information from the
organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the International Labour
Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, UN -Women and the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as the reports of special
rapporteurs that refer to the situation of women migrant workers and other relevant
sources, such as the International Organization for Migration, including
non-governmental organizations.
80th plenary meeting
17 December 2015
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