Resources
Guide on Ratification - International Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families: A user-friendly Guide to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW) is now available. Seeking to better protect migrants’ human rights and dignity, the new publication encourages governments worldwide to ratify and implement the Convention at the national level.
Migration and Gender Empowerment: Recent trends and emerging issues: A Human Development Research Paper (HDRP). HDRP Series is a medium for sharing recent research commissioned to inform the global Human Development Report, which is published annually, and further research in the field
of human development. Because migration policy has typically been gender-blind, an explicit gender perspective is necessary. This paper attempts this, beginning with an examination of recent trends in women’s migration, internationally and within nations.
Claim and Celebrate Women Migrants' Human Rights through CEDAW - (Download PDF Version)- This publication takes women's
migration for work as an illustration to demonstrate how CEDAW's methodological framework can be used effectively to address the long-term and immediate concers of women migrants, at all stages of the migration process.
Migration and Development - The PSI perspective - The relationship between migration and development is a hotly debated topic on the global agenda. In the last five years, the phenomenal rise in the volume of
remittances that migrants send back to their home countries has attracted international attention from governments and international financial institutions.
Climate Change - Development and forced migration -PSI flyer on one of the serious and immediate impacts of climate change which is the
displacement of human populations.
"Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers" - A report produced by PICUM (Platform for Internationcal Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants) presents detailed information obtained from NGOs, trade unions and other actors working with and advocating for undocumented workers, both in Europe and in the United States. Grouped in ten actions, a range of methods are presented that contribute to the aim of respecting
the dignity of undocumented migrants as humans and as work.
Undocumented workers: A guide to rights - A report produced by the Organisation for Undocumented Migrant Workers.
2005-2006 Final Report, Women and International Migration in the Health Sector: the report includes general background information as well as individual country reports
PSI Pre-Decision and Information Kit: a Resource pack for health care workers faced with the decision of migrating for employment reasons.
Guía informativa para la toma de decisiones: Estos folletos informativos apuntan a ayudar a las/os trabajadoras/es de la salud a tomar la decisión correcta cuando contemplan la posibilidad de migrar para trabajar en el extranjero.
"Who Cares?" is a living testimony of the impact of global inequalities and privatisation, on women’s lives
Public Services International and its affiliated union, UNISON, launch “Who Cares? Women Health Workers in the Global Labour Market.” The book contains a collection of 14 in-depth interviews with women health workers from different parts of the globe, who have migrated or are considering migrating for work.
International Dialogue on Migration N°6 "Health and Migration: Bridging the Gap"
A new IOM publication
Leaflet "Migration and Women Health Workers Project"
Project goals, background, activities, etc.
Folleto "Mujeres y migración internacional en el sector de la salud" 
Metas, antecedentes, actividades del proyecto
Final Report of the PSI Participatory Action Research
This important report of first hand research was conducted by PSI affiliate unions in the health sector in 13 countries around the world. The survey reveals the stark choices that health workers must face as they contemplate leaving their country and families to move to work abroad. The report provides recommendations for public sector unions in addressing the issue of the migration of women
health workers.
An Introductory Guide to
International Migration in the Health Sector For Workers and Trade Unionists
A rapidly increasing number of nurses and other health professionals are migrating in search of better conditions. This guide provides information to help ensure that such migration has a positive
effect.
The report explains how contracting out hurts health support workers, their families, and and the state of health care in Canada. Published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Initiatives, BC Office, April 2005.
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