Reports
CEDAW Committee recommendation on women migrant workersThe Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) welcomes the recent
approval of General Recommendation 26 (GR 26) on Women Migrant Workers by
the Committee for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW).
Grinding down the human rights defendersIn 2006, the ERB carried out a survey of legal and other measures which criminalise asylum
seekers and those who seek to act in solidarity with the undocumented. Now, the
‘crime of solidarity’ is being extended and new penalties are being imposed on those who
assist or support those without papers.