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Add to Preferred SourcesIOM, the UN Migration Agency, is drawing attention to the realities facing women and girls on the move and how to unlock their untapped potential at this year’s “European Development Days” (EDD) events taking place in Brussels, 5-6 June.
IOM Deputy Director General Laura Thompson will headline the Organization’s participation at the two-day forum on Wednesday’s (06-06) high-level panel focusing on safer work and migration for women and girls.
The panel caps a series of debates and workshops with IOM involvement at the EDD engaging the theme of women and girl migration and their intersection with the realities of human trafficking, return and reintegration, displacement and development.
“We all must think about the potential of women and girls that is lost if they are not free from violence, abuse and exploitation. They lose out on being able to live the life they want to live, of being able to achieve what is important for them and their families. But we all lose out in terms of what they might be able to contribute to our communities, to our countries, and to humanity as a whole,” said Ambassador Thompson ahead of the event.
Ambassador Thompson and panelists at the high-level event – “Women and girls on the Move: Towards Safer Work and Migration for Women” – are set to discuss how safe, orderly and regular migration can mitigate vulnerabilities and allow women to develop new skills, flourish as entrepreneurs, and contribute more to the growth of their host and home countries.
The panel is co-organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), IOM, UN Women, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform (ADEPT), and the Migrant Forum in Asia.
IOM also will participate as co-organizer of the United Nation’s Action Hub Stand which is highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Spotlight initiative’s campaign to end violence against women and girls.
Original source: IOM
Published on 05 June 2018