GCM Objective 23

Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
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Issues

To strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships, evidence-based policies that capture the gender dimensions of migration are necessary. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underscores the importance of global partnerships in addressing the biggest challenges faced by countries all over the world, including through the promotion of safe, orderly and regular migration that works to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all migrant women and girls.

Working together, countries can address the structural issues—including pervasive gender inequalities, systemic racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination—that may compel women and girls to migrate and thus ensure they can enjoy their full human rights at all stages of migration.

Measures

  • Full and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including all its goals and targets, with a renewed commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, including migrant women and girls
  • Full and effective implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, with a focus on those commitments outlined to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
  • Ratification and implementation of international conventions (and withdrawal of all reservations) that promote and protect the rights of women and girls at all stages of migration and incorporation of their provisions into national law, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), International Labour Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
  • Engagement of migrants and civil society organizations, particularly migrant women’s organizations, national human rights institutions and employers’ and workers’ organizations, in the implementation and monitoring of the GCM at international, regional and national levels in line with the whole-of-society approach
  • Emphasis on sex-disaggregated migration data and uniformity of data collection across various jurisdictions through international and bilateral agreements that will enable evidence-based policymaking
  • COVID-19: International cooperation and partnerships to provide migrants with access to free or low-cost quality-assured vaccines, treatments and diagnostics on the same footing as nationals

Checklist

Question Yes Not yet
Is your State on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?
Has your State signed/ratified any of the following conventions? If yes, please check all that apply.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW)
International Labour Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol)
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
Has your State established a cross-sectoral working group to support GCM implementation? If yes, does this include any of the following?
Migrant women’s organizations
Civil society organizations
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or other identities (LGBTIQ+) organizations
Trade unions
Employers’ organizations
The private sector
National human rights institutions
Academics
In your region, is there a regional working group to support GCM implementation from a gender perspective?
Is there alignment between implementation of the GCM and the Global Compact on Refugees?
Does your State promote the uniformity of sex-disaggregated data collection across various jurisdictions through international and bilateral agreements to support evidence-based policymaking?
COVID-19: Does your State foster international cooperation and partnerships to provide migrants with access to free/low-cost quality-assured vaccines, treatments and diagnostics on the same footing as nationals?