A/HRC/41/38 crisis in migrants’ rights. On 22 January 2019, he spoke about the Global Compact for Migration at Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile. On 1 March, he spoke at New York University School of Law about seeing immigrants’ rights as human rights, and on 13 March he spoke via teleconference at an event organized by the human rights centre of the Caracas-based Andrés Bello Catholic University, about the work carried out under the mandate. He also briefed the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on 7 September 2018 on the activities carried out under the mandate and he explored joint activities and areas of cooperation. 8. On 5 and 6 September 2018, the Special Rapporteur attended the eighth congress of the Inter-American Association of Public Defenders, co-organized by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in Santiago de Chile. In his presentation, he addressed challenges relating to access to justice for migrants and made recommendations in that regard. 9. On 13 October, he participated in the Festival of Mediterranean Culture in Palermo, Italy, and called for the decriminalization of solidarity with migrants. 10. From 27 to 29 November, he participated in a conference organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. He gave a presentation about children and migration. 11. During a trip to New York in February 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in several events, including: a panel on migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Expert Symposium on International Migration and Development, held on 26 February and organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs; the highlevel debate on international migration and development held on 27 February by the President of the General Assembly to start the official follow-up to the Global Compact for Migration; and in the International Dialogue on Migration, held on 28 February, entitled “Youth and migration: engaging youth as key partners in migration governance”, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Special Rapporteur gave a presentation on specific challenges faced by young migrants and their vulnerabilities. 12. On 25 March, the Special Rapporteur was the keynote speaker at the fourth “Congreso Córdoba”, a conference held in Córdoba, Spain, on migration and migrants in a global world. III. Study on the impact of migration on migrant women and girls: a gender perspective A. Introduction 13. In recent years, the number of international migrants worldwide has continued to grow rapidly, reaching 258 million in 2017, up from 220 million in 2010 and 173 million in 2000.3 The number of migrant women is said to have doubled between 1960 and 2015. In 2017, women comprised slightly less than half, or 48 per cent, of the international migrant population. Interestingly, they outnumbered men in all regions except Africa and Asia. 4 Data indicate that the rate of female migration is growing faster than male migration in many receiving countries.5 Despite the increasing proportion of migrant women, there is a significant lack of information and data on the migration of women and girls. Most countries do not maintain a comprehensive data management system that captures sex- and age-disaggregated information on arrival and departure and they do not differentiate between different types of movement. 3 4 5 4 See International Migration Report 2017 (Highlights) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.18.XIII.4). Ibid. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Migration Policy Programme, Meeting the Challenges of Migration: Progress since the ICPD (2004), p. 13.