Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor

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dc.creatorElDidi, Hagar
dc.creatorvan Biljon, Chloe
dc.creatorAlvi, Muzna
dc.creatorRingler, Claudia
dc.creatorRatna, Nazmun
dc.creatorAbdulrahim, Sawsan
dc.creatorKilby, Patrick
dc.creatorWu, Joyce
dc.creatorChoudhury, Zahid ul Arefin
dc.date2021-10-19
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:17Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:30Z
dc.descriptionMillions of female migrants experience various forms of exploitative and unsafe conditions when migrating for employment and income generation, both in countries of origin and in destination countries. Vulnerabilities increased further due to the Covid-19 pandemic, causing income and job losses, entrapment in countries of destination without financial or social support and stigmatization upon return. One of the key migration routes travelled by millions of migrants is from South Asia to the Middle East. We examine this migration route for low-skilled female migrant workers highlighting the impacts of interventions along the migration pathway to determine the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms for reducing forced labour and trafficking. We draw lessons from the literature as well as from interviews with key informants in the field, including academics, development partners, NGO workers, and policymakers, to identify promising interventions that successfully reduce the vulnerability of women migrants. We find that, while Covid-19 has increased migrant vulnerability, it has also exposed the current system’s violations in facilitating trafficking and exacerbating poor working conditions.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143457
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114242
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105479
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2022.2059448
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149866
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_12
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceElDidi, Hagar; van Biljon, Chloe; Alvi, Muzna Fatima; Ringler, Claudia; Ratna, Nazmun; Abdulrahim, Sawsan; Kilby, Patrick; Wu, Joyce; and Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin. 2021. Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2049. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134673.
dc.subjectmigrant labour
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjecthuman trafficking
dc.subjectlabour
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectcompulsory labour
dc.subjectworkforce
dc.subjectworking conditions
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleReducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor
dc.typeWorking Paper

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