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The World in Motion: Short Essays on Migration and Gender, by Lauren B. Engle, IOM International Organization for Migration, 2004, pp. 114, ISBN 978-92-9068-228-8, price: US$ 20.00.

Table of Contents
Introduction * The Feminization of Migrant Labour * Migrant Remittances * Trafficking in Human Beings * The Immigration System * Facing Rape in War * Female Genital Cutting

This book looks at migration and selects moments in time, past and present, through the experience of women. The feminization of migration, like the feminization of poverty, is a catchphrase. People use it in an effort to be "gender sensitive"; yet, the term itself has still to be defined and mainstreamed - much like waiting for a fuzzy Polaroid photo to develop into a precise image. You wave it around and slowly shapes begin to take on form and a clear picture appears.

The books maps out a set of preliminary but common understandings on issues of importance to migrant women and their advocates, and further clarify the experience of women across several key themes: labour migration, migrant remittances, trafficking, immigration and identification - all of which are key areas of migration studies. It will also put forward issues such as rape and female circumcision, key issues of importance to the integration of both forced migrants and of women who migrate into new cultural norms. Thus, for the student or practitioner of migration these issues are relevant to understanding the experience and needs of thousands of women who find themselves, willing or unwilling, migrants.



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Gestionar la diversidad. Reflexiones y experiencias sobre las políticas de inmigración en Cataluña (Managing Diversity. Reflections and Experiences on Immigration Policies in Catalonia)
Barcelona: IEMed, 2004
Languages: Catalan and Spanish
Price: 20 €
Based on the Catalan experience, this book will allow you to understand the keys to the management of immigration in the fields of:
-School;
-Finance and labour market;
-Social and health assistance;
-Housing;
-Citizen Participation;
-Cultural and linguistic diversity;
-Religion;
-Women;
-Immigrant minors



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Migrant Workers and Human Rights: Out-Migration from South Asia, Pong-Sul Ahn (ed), International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 2004, ISBN: 92-2-115697-4, pp. 216.

Summary: The economic consequences and social aspects of out-migration from South Asia raise a number of vital issues. This book brings to light a number of those issues pertaining to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The country specific papers analyze the trends and nature of the out-migration, examine the socio-economic impact of migration on both sending and receiving countries, highlight the human and labour rights of migrant workers, and finally understand the trade union responses to migration-related issues. A book with full of policy implications.
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Newsletter Udbastu (the uprooted)

Udbastu (the uprooted) is the quarterly newsletter of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), University of Dhaka. So far 25 issues of Udbastu have been published since 1996. The newsletter contains articles, proceedings of programmes like conferences, workshops and seminars, news analyses, policy updates, book reviews, summary of new publications, research findings, and activities of RMMRU under different projects. It is distributed among individuals as well as organisations working on refugee and migration issues.

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