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International Organization for Migration (IOM) - News Releases
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IOM Backs Safer Migration for Rural Women on International Women's Day
Geneva, Switzerland - On International Women's Day 2012, more women than ever before are joining the ranks of the world's migrants to support their families and improve their economic status. As migrants, they face unique challenges – none more so than the rural women who are the focus of this year's IWD.
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9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation: More Comprehensive Legislative and Preventive Efforts Needed to End FGM
Geneva, Switzerland - On the 9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) and the Geneva Human Rights Office, call for the adoption of more human-rights based legislation to end FGM.
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Ensuring Migrants Health Essential to Addressing Health Inequities, Says IOM: International Migrants Day, 2011
Geneva, Switzerland - The lack of adequate access to health services for migrants in most countries is a worrying public health omission requiring urgent redress in a world increasingly dependent on human mobility, says IOM as it marks International Migrants Day today.
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Let's Raise Migrants' Voices for an Open and Constructive Debate on Migration, Says IOM's 2011 World Migration Report
Geneva, Switzerland - Migrants' voices must be heard in today's all too often biased, polarized and negative debate on migration, says IOM's World Migration Report 2011: Communicating Effectively about Migration.
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Lampedusa Declared Non-Safe Port, Rescuing at Sea at Risk
Rome - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Save the Children – working together as partners since 2006 in the framework of Praesidium Project at the Reception and Rescue Centre of Lampedusa – are expressing their concern over the Italian authorities ' decision to declare Lampedusa an unsafe port.
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IOM and UNHCR Chiefs Call for Continued Humanitarian Momentum as Fighting in Libya Escalates
Tunisia - Concluding a two-day visit to Tunisia, the heads of UNHCR and IOM called for continued international momentum as people continue to flee Libya by the thousands.
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Migrant Women Need Access to Decent and Skilled Jobs Commensurate with Their Education and Experience, Says IOM on International Women's Day
Geneva, Switzerland - Increased attention should be given to the situation of skilled migrant women for whom qualifications and education do not always translate into higher-skilled employment in destination countries, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as it marks International Women's Day today.
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Much Achieved but Durable Solutions for the Displaced Remain Biggest Hurdle to Haiti's Recovery
Geneva, Switzerland - A significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps one year on after the devastating earthquake is a welcome sign of progress in recovery efforts but it still highlights the massive task of finding durable housing solutions in the most challenging aspect of the humanitarian response, says IOM.
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Acknowledge the Benefits of Migration and Share That Vision, Says IOM on International Migrants Day
Geneva - Governments need to open their eyes to the benefits of migration and share that vision with the public at large, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants Day.
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Invest Now for Tomorrow's Migration, Says IOM's 2010 World Migration Report
Geneva - The world will be taken by surprise by the relentless pace of migration unless States, international organizations and civil society make a concerted effort to invest in how they respond to it, says the World Migration Report (WMR) 2010 launched today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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