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Apreciar y reconocer los beneficios de la migración desde una perspectiva holística es, con frecuencia, un gran desafío. Hemos querido conocer la mirada de la migración capturada por los lentes de personas profesionales y aficionadas de la fotografía a través de series fotográficas que visibilizan… Read More
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Afghans return home, sometimes after generations of exile. Tens of thousands more are affected by natural and human-made disasters, with Afghanistan widely recognized as one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. These impacts combined make for a… Read More
This publication showcases the work between IOM and the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2017. It offers a snapshot of key areas of collaboration, notably in humanitarian support and resilience building; orderly migration, refugee resettlement and integration; and migrant protection and support to… Read More
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has many decades of experience in cash-based interventions (CBI) across multiple countries and programmes. More recently, the growing relevance of CBI in the humanitarian context has propelled IOM to scale up the use of this response modality in… Read More
The photo novella was produced under the project “Preventing and Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Albania” implemented by UN Women, UNDP and IOM and funded by the European Union. It displays the success story of what reintegration alternatives bring, which was illustrated through… Read More
The “IOM-EU Cooperation on Migration and Mobility: Addressing the Valletta Summit Priorities Together” report captures the main features and tangible results of the IOM-EU global partnership from 2015 to 2016 with a focus on the joint efforts in implementing the Joint Valletta Action Plan, as well… Read More
IOM’s partnerships with the private sector are diverse in thematic focus and recognize the active participation of the private sector in tackling today’s pressing migration opportunities and challenges. Leveraging the expertise, innovation and networks of the private sector is crucial to advancing… Read More
One of the first comprehensive studies on the subject, “Return Migration: Journey of Hope or Despair” addresses, through contributions from five different specialists, major issues of return migration, with a focus on the problematic return of irregular migrants, rejected asylum seekers and… Read More
Pour conférer une plus grande visibilité à la question du sous-emploi des femmes migrantes, ce rapport vise à faire le point des ouvrages internationaux consacrés à ce sujet ; présenter les résultats de l’impact psychologique et social du sous-emploi chez les femmes migrantes de la ville suisse de… Read More
IOM increasingly assists families with minor children on their return to their countries of origin.
As an effort to recognize the right of children to be informed about the return procedure and the role that IOM plays, IOM in the Netherlands has developed a comic story about voluntary return and… Read More
The photo novella was produced under the project “Preventing and Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Albania” implemented by UN Women, UNDP and IOM and funded by the European Union. It was designed to contribute to raising awareness of trafficking issues. The photo novella was developed… Read More
This regional study analyses the situation of trafficked women in the respective region. It is also available for the countries Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar a los servidores públicos, a las organizaciones sociales, instituciones educativas, familias y comunidades en el territorio nacional una versión sintetizada del documento Conpes 3673 de 2010, Política de prevención del reclutamiento y utilización de de… Read More
Esta publicación recoge la experiencia de siete comunidades, gravemente afectadas por la violencia, que elaboraron sus propios planes de reparación colectiva. El documento, narra los diferentes pasos del proceso: 1) el diagnóstico de los daños. 2) la atención de los mínimos vitales, es decir, la… Read More
El municipio de Trujillo en el Valle del Cauca, tras sufrir los embates del conflicto, se ha convertido en un ejemplo de resistencia y reconciliación. El Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional y la OIM llevaron a cabo un… Read More
El proyecto Prodes (Asistencia integral para niños, niñas, jóvenes y familias desplazadas internas en Colombia) nació como una estrategia de intervención para mejorar la calidad de vida de comunidades desplazadas que habitan en Bogotá y Medellín, a través de tres componentes: educación, salud y… Read More
Este documento es la propuesta autónoma de reparación colectiva de las comunidades negras de Buenaventura desarrollada por el Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), la Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (Fundemujer) y contó con el acompañamiento de la Comisión Nacional de Reparación y… Read More
Claims programmes that provide for restitution of land and property rights, compensation or other remedies to victims of conflict and gross human rights violations, play an ever increasing role in reconciliation and rebuilding measures following a conflict or crisis. They are an important… Read More
This document is intended to serve as one of the instruments for women religious who are active or who are willing to become active in counter trafficking efforts associated with prevention activities and victim assistance.
La publicación es el resultado de las memorias del Seminario Internacional: Análisis de Experiencias en Restablecimiento de la población en situación de Desplazamiento, el cual tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Bogotá los días 3, 4 y 5 de Diciembre de 2003. El seminario tuvo como objetivo analizar la… Read More
IOM has been moving towards a comprehensive approach to address gender issues, both among the staff and in its programmes and activities. Thus in February 1995 it formed a Working Group on Gender Issues, drawing on staff from Headquarters and field missions, to examine a range of gender-related… Read More
En este documento, tomando como base el concepto de sostenibilidad, se presentan una serie de guías con el fin de fortalecer la sostenibilidad de proyectos, que incluyen aspectos básicos a considerar durante el proceso de formulación de proyectos y negociación con contrapartes. Asímismo, se… Read More
En la búsqueda de aportar soluciones al tema de la vinculación de la niñez al conflicto armado, como una forma de Migración Forzada en Colombia, la OIM a través del Programa de "Asistencia Técnica a Niños Excombatientes", que adelanta con el apoyo financiero de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para… Read More
Para aplicar la metodología de Mapa de V. R. y O., descrita en el volumen 1, es necesario tener claridad sobre algunos de los conceptos más utilizados en la problemática del reclutamiento así como de las normas que lo prohíben. Por esto, el objetivo central de este material es presentar estas… Read More
En Colombia el fenómeno creciente del desplazamiento forzado atenta contra el capital social que ha ido construyendo el país a través su historia, imponiendo múltiples y difíciles retos a la sociedad colombiana y al Estado en particular. En este sentido, desde la perspectiva de consolidación y… Read More
The information obtained during this research, while not allowing any overall estimates on the magnitude of the problem, referred to numerous concrete cases of both human trafficking and exploitation of persons working in degrading and inhuman conditions in all participating countries which… Read More
As part of its commitment to accountability and dialogue with disaster-affected populations, IOM has produced Typhoon Haiyan: Portraits of Recovery. In this book, individuals from across the Visayas region of the Philippines give a first-hand account of how they were affected by the devastating… Read More
The IOM Humanitarian Compendium provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of IOM’s humanitarian programming, as coordinated at the inter-agency level, and published in the Strategic Response Plans, Flash Appeals and IOM Appeals. Working in natural disasters, political conflicts and complex… Read More
An action oriented training manual on gender, migration and HIV.
Launched at the turn of the millennium, Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage Scheme has also been applied for labour migrants from neighboring countries. However, the scheme only addresses the health needs of registered migrants, leaving out more than three quarters of the total migrant population… Read More
Globally, the landscape of international migration has become increasingly diversified as a result of broader changes in the global economy in addition to policy shifts in recent years. Over the last 30 years, Asia has been a region of movement and migration whether first to the Gulf countries in… Read More
Gradual and sudden environmental changes are resulting in substantial human movement and displacement, and the scale of such flows, both internal and cross-border, is expected to rise with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods. Despite the potential challenge, there has been a lack of… Read More
The toolkit was designed to provide a platform for information and actions that optimize preparedness and response actions to prevent and mitigate suffering of populations vulnerable to man-made or natural disasters. For this purpose, the tools were developed within the Rapid Assessment for… Read More
The toolkit was designed to provide a platform for information and actions that optimize preparedness and response actions to prevent and mitigate suffering of populations vulnerable to man-made or natural disasters. For this purpose, the tools were developed within the Rapid Assessment for… Read More
In order to address the socioeconomic needs of people in post-conflict settings, IOM carried out the assessment “Assessing Basic Socio-Economic Indicators in Vulnerable Communities: RAP for Planning Development”. Two thousand Lebanese households were targeted in three districts in Northern Lebanon… Read More
The assessment, carried out between November 2007 and January 2008 among 200 families (800 people) in the two countries, revealed that more than half of those interviewed disclosed distress factors including panic attacks, anger, tiredness, sleep problems and fears.
This publication is aimed at building intercultural capacities of the specialists working with third-country nationals or families where at least one parent is a third-country national. Special focus of this guidebook is dedicated to family relationships in different cultural zones – Africa, Asia… Read More
In view of an information gap on the incidence and prevalence of human trafficking in Musina, a city in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, this rapid assessment gives evidence to various forms of trafficking, and different forms of exploitation. While many migrants are at risk of being… Read More
The publication highlights the protection of persons on the move in the ECOWAS region, with particular emphasis on refugees and VoTs, highlighting the overlapping nature of defining Victims of Trafficking (VoTs) that are refugees and refugees being VoTs, and including a chapter on children. Through… Read More
The Psychosocial and Trauma Response Programme for Displaced Persons and Refugees from Kosovo (PTR) was initiated in the refugee camps in Albania after the outbreak of violence in April 1999. Following the massive, spontaneous return of the refugees upon the resolution of the conflict, the project’… Read More
Prompted by the debates that took place during the 1992 Nyon Conference on “Migration and the Environment”, the International Symposium on “Environmentally Induced Population Displacements and Environmental Impacts Resulting from Mass Migrations” took place in April 1996 in Chavannes-des-Bogis,… Read More
The migration experiences of Thai women who had been trafficked for prostitution in Japan is the subject of this book. The study was carried out to gain a deeper insight into the backgrounds and motives of these women, how arrangements were made, their positive and negative experiences, their… Read More
This volume includes five country reports that analyse the scale of illegal employment in general, and particularly focus on the irregular employment of immigrants, and the measures enforced in Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, and Spain. Attention is devoted to the prevention of the irregular… Read More
In the experience documented in this volume, history represents the important component of a more complex interdisciplinary intervention, one where the principal prospective was, and still is, the psychological recovery/support of a community. In what way does history and its guarantors fit into… Read More
International migration is at an all-time high. However, government officials, policy makers, NGO advocates, academic researchers and international agencies have only recently begun to consider the human rights dimension of migration. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed over 50… Read More
Over the past several years he IOM office in Kenya has experienced a period of significant growth. This growth has reflected IOM Kenya’s diversification of activities beyond its traditional focus on refugee resettlement programmes and into IOM’s other areas of competency including migrant… Read More
If you have travelled in Haiti and you are reading this book, there is a very good chance you might recognize that some of the communities you visited were impacted by one or more of the 2,594 projects implemented through the PREPEP (Programme de Révitalisation et de Promotion de l’Entente et de la… Read More
Les sociétés africaines sont encore trop souvent marquees par les clivages ethniques et les comportements guerriers, dont on sait à quel point ils obèrent les chances de réussite des efforts entrepris par les politiques pour parvenir à un accord durable. La part prise par les femmes dans les… Read More
Les sociétés africaines sont encore trop souvent marquees par les clivages ethniques et les comportements guerriers, dont on sait à quel point ils obèrent les chances de réussite des efforts entrepris par les politiques pour parvenir à un accord durable. La part prise par les femmes dans les… Read More
Building on the results of the Psychosocial and Trauma Response programme started in 1999 in Kosovo, this new volume analyses the role played by artistic and theatrical activities in supporting traumatized communities, through the recounting of painful past experiences by individuals and groups… Read More