Women Migrants’ Rights under International Human Rights Law

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Migrant Workers' Convention) entered into force on 1st July 2003. This event was celebrated as a major milestone in the effort to provide human rights protections to migrant workers all over the world-including the large number of women who migrate for work. Certainly, the fact that a binding human rights convention exists that provides explicit and extensive protections for migrant workers is a singular achievement.