UN / GENDER RESPONSIVE MIGRATION

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, Louise Arbour, said that while the Global Compact on Migration recognizes “the need to extend adequate protection to women who find themselves often in situations of vulnerability,” moving forward, policies “must be carefully crafted so as not to inadvertently validate stereotypes.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:39
• Production Date: 28 September 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: LOUISE ARBOUR
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN
• Subject Topical: MIGRATION; WOMEN
• MAMS Id: 2248965
• Parent Id: 2248965
• Alternate Title: unifeed180928c

Description

STORY: UN / GENDER RESPONSIVE MIGRATION
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

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28 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration:
“The Global Compact recognizes women as agents of change, without compromising on the need to fight the pervasive form of discrimination and abuse, and the need to extend adequate protection to women who find themselves often in situations of vulnerability. As we move forward, advocacy and policy strategies designed to address vulnerability must be carefully crafted so as not to inadvertently validate stereotypes.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration:
“Far too often advocacy measures combine women and children as belonging to one and the same ‘vulnerable group’ in the migratory process. However, the vulnerabilities that women face are fundamentally different from those faced by children and therefore require distinct policy measures.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration:
“The vulnerabilities of women, in contrast, are contextual not inherent, mostly attributable to discriminatory views and attitudes, social and cultural norms, inappropriate legislation, and tolerated predatory practices that limit their participation in political and economic life. This is true in the context of migration as it is elsewhere.”
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Storyline

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, Louise Arbour, today (28 Sep) said that while the Global Compact on Migration “recognizes women as agents of change” as well as “the need to extend adequate protection to women who find themselves often in situations of vulnerability,” moving forward, policies “must be carefully crafted so as not to inadvertently validate stereotypes.”

For example, she said, “far too often advocacy measures combine women and children as belonging to one and the same ‘vulnerable group’ in the migratory process.”

However, Arbour pointed out, “the vulnerabilities that women face are fundamentally different from those faced by children and therefore require distinct policy measures.”

The vulnerabilities of migrant women, she said, are “contextual not inherent, mostly attributable to discriminatory views and attitudes, social and cultural norms, inappropriate legislation, and tolerated predatory practices that limit their participation in political and economic life.”

Arbour was addressing a meeting organized by UN Women on “Promoting Gender-Responsive Migration Governance through the Global Compact on Migration” on the side-lines of the General Assembly’s General Debate.