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How Caritas works: Women and Migration“Migrants...represent 2.9 per cent of world population, some 185-192 million people, nearly half of whom are female. The most common employment opportunities for women...are areas where just treatment must be assured for migrant women out of respect for their femininity in recognition of their equal rights. >>

American dream ends in mass graves for migrants heading north People leave their homes in search of the “American dream” but they end up coming to us looking for lodging, clothes and help. >>

Migration conference in Senegal In Tinzawaten there’s next to nothing to eat or drink, the houses are roofless shells, it’s freezing at night, scorching in the day, murder and rape go unpunished, women are sold as slaves and babies are born in the open. >>

The female face of migration The Sister* from Caritas Sri Lanka searches for the women migrant workers who’ve returned home abused and traumatised, their dream of saving a nest egg for their families shattered. >>

The female face of migration Delegates came from all over the world to the conference in Senegal, itself the hub of African migration, bringing similar stories of abuse with them. >>

Female face of migration conference in Senegal Caritas Internationalis is organising a conference on “The Female Face of Migration” in Saly, Senegal 30 November to 2 December 2010 in cooperation with Caritas Senegal. >>

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