On September 25th and 26th the ILO NGO and the National Commission on the Role of Fillipino women are meeting to discuss women workers and their tendencies to work for low wage jobs. Half of the world's migrants are women. Migration provides women with opportunities to find better jobs. However, it also causes many of them to accept lower skilled jobs for higher pay. It also opens them up for exploitation and abuse. Gloria Moreno-Fontes, an ILO migration specialist says that even though migration for women workers can be empowering, it is not automatic. It allows for some women to find greater financial resources but it also de-skills some workers. Also some women are continually victims of exploitation and abuse like, slavery, trafficking and bondage. The ILO reports that women make up 98 percent of the people that are trafficked for sexual exploitation. They also make up 56 percent of people who are economically exploited.
Since women are becoming increasingly involved in labor migration it is very important that their rights are protected. It is also important that their are steps being taken to protect women from abuse, economic exploitation and trafficking for sexual purposes. Women have the ability to raise their statuses socially and economically by becoming part of the labor and working force. However, if they are not protected by certain policies, and the risks that they face are not known they may fall victims to these risks.
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Feature_stories/lang--en/WCMS_098491/index.htm
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