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The “Introduction to Biometrics” manual offers a fundamental operational guide for capturing, comparing, and assessing biometric data from populations as they move, emphasizing the utilization of technology for analyzing physical characteristics such as fingerprints, facial features, and iris scans… Read More
Gender impacts and determines the experiences of migrants, displaced persons and other crisis-affected populations, especially in fragile settings. Conflict dynamics are fundamentally gendered, and gendered norms and identities affect individual vulnerabilities as well as capacities to contribute… Read More
Even though the reintegration of women and girls assisted to return to their countries of origin and their gendered reintegration experiences have gained more attention, important research gaps persist. Reintegration policies and programmes can benefit greatly from studies that approach gender as a… Read More
The IOM Flagship Report “Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the 2030 Agenda” is the first of its kind in terms of its scope, and a central contribution of IOM to the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit (SDG Summit).
This report focuses on migrants with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and their inclusion in protection programming. It provides in-depth understanding of the risk factors, protection and assistance needs facing migrants with diverse… Read More
This report focuses on migrants with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and their inclusion in protection programming. It provides in-depth understanding of the risk factors, protection and assistance needs facing migrants with diverse… Read More
Affected populations in humanitarian settings rarely provide feedback or validate the findings of data collection and analysis processes, despite possessing context-specific knowledge relevant to humanitarian operations. This exploratory study pilots a novel form of collective intelligence (CI) by… Read More
Modern slavery is the very antithesis of social justice and sustainable development. The 2021 Global Estimates indicate there are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery on any given day, either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into. This number… Read More
This research report explores and critically examines the short- and longer-term gender implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on migration and the well-being of migrants worldwide. This research report aims to inform ongoing policy and programmatic responses to the pandemic and highlights best… Read More
использовании, анализе и распространении данных о миграции и как это сделать. Анализ с точки зрения гендера и разнообразия – это один из инструментов, которые директивные органы, НСС и специалисты-практики могут использовать для выявления потребностей и устранения недостатков политики в рамках… Read More
L’objectif de la présente note d’orientation vise à fournir des conseils concrets aux décideurs politiques, aux offices nationaux des statistiques (ONS) et aux spécialistes sur les raisons pour lesquelles il est important de garantir/promouvoir la prise en compte de la dimension de genre lors de la… Read More
El propósito de esta Guía es brindar orientación concreta a los responsables de la formulación de políticas, a oficinas nacionales de estadística y a profesionales sobre por qué es importante garantizar/promover la sensibilidad respecto a las cuestiones de género al recopilar, producir, utilizar,… Read More
IOM is committed to increasing its focus on legal identity as a core enabler of sustainable development, and safe and regular migration. IOM’s Institutional Strategy on Legal Identity will serve to guide the organization’s ongoing involvement to address the multiple mobility dimensions of legal… Read More
This chapter examines the implications of AI for policy and practice in the context of migration and mobility through the prism of the existing international human rights framework of rules, standards and principles. This is important because of the potential for human rights to be eroded – or… Read More
The IDDS outlines a high-level course of action over the next five years for IOM to enhance its internal displacement data operations. The strategy is structured according to four strategic pillars (Assistance and Protection Data, Safeguards and Standards, Data Coordination, and Use and… Read More
The purpose of this note is to provide concrete guidance to policymakers, national statistical offices (NSOs) and practitioners on why it is important to promote gender-responsiveness when collecting, producing, using, analysing and disseminating migration data for policy – and how. Gender and… Read More
Authored by Laura Foley and Nicola Piper, this paper explores the impacts and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers. It examines how the global health crisis has both amplified existing gender dynamics and created new gender-biased outcomes that disproportionately impact… Read More
Authored by Laura Foley and Nicola Piper, this paper explores the impacts and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers. It examines how the global health crisis has both amplified existing gender dynamics and created new gender-biased outcomes that disproportionately impact… Read More
"يعتبر دليل أفضل الممارسات بمثابة مجموعة من الإرشادات التنفيذية حول كيفية إنشاء وتشغيل آلية شكاوى مجتمعية مشتركة بين الوكالات للتعامل مع التقارير المتعلقة بالإنتهاك و الاستغلال الجنسيين من جانب عمال الإغاثة. و يشتمل هذا الدليل على مجموعة من الدروس المستفادة، والأمثلة، و الدراسات المتعلقة بالحالات… Read More
The new edition of Migration Policy Practice focuses on three key and diverse migration topics: measuring the extent of migration in the Global South; comparing immigrant students´ integration; and migration and identity management questions in asylum cases.
The first article, by David Ingleby, Ann… Read More
GiA10, on facilitating migrants' movement to safety, presents efforts by different stakeholders to address administrative barriers to international evacuations, such as by granting flexibility of immigration regimes, border management or facilitated issuance of identity and travel documents. It… Read More
GiA2, on collecting and sharing information on migrants, presents efforts by different stakeholders to capture migrants' presence in areas at risk or affected by crises, as well as their patterns of movement. It also introduces a tool for developing collective profiles of migrants groups through… Read More
At its very core, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is grounded in the movement of people. Through 68 years of field experience, the Organization has identified best practices from millions of migrant movements around the globe, informing the development of its many protocols.… Read More
In September 2018, the Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its first Institutional Framework for Addressing GBV in Crises (GBViC Framework). The GBViC Framework builds on lessons learned and emerging good practices in… Read More
Based on the limited data available, we know that gender affects migratory decisions, migratory experiences such as work opportunities and exposure to risks, and the development impact of migration, for example remittance flows. As explained in this Data Bulletin, further data are essential for… Read More
The new edition of Migration Policy Practice, guest-edited by Gabriella Sanchez from the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute, focuses on issues of child migration. It seeks to respond to the Call to Action launched earlier this year by UNICEF, the International Organization… Read More
Le Guide des pratiques exemplaires explique comment mettre en place et gérer un mécanisme communautaire de plainte interorganisations pour traiter les signalements d’actes d’exploitation et d’abus sexuels commis par des travailleurs humanitaires. Il renferme des enseignements, des exemples et des… Read More
International Migration is a refereed bimonthly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited by Carleton University and published and distributed by Wiley… Read More
The registration of irregular migrants and asylum seekers and collection of biometric data in European Union Member States has become increasingly relevant for migration and border management in the European Union.
Exchange of data between national authorities in the European Union is facilitated… Read More
Cette étude porte sur les perceptions des communautés frontalières concernant:
- la gestion des frontières dans la région de Diffa et l'est de la région de Zinder au Niger
- la criminalité, la présence de Boko Haram et du terrorisme
- les relations et la communication avec les forces de défense et… Read More
La Guía de mejores prácticas tiene por objeto brindar orientación sobre el modo de establecer y gestionar un mecanismo interinstitucional de denuncia comunitaria que permita tramitar las denuncias de abusos cometidos por trabajadores humanitarios. En ella se recopilan las enseñanzas extraídas, los… Read More
This paper is part of the IOM Migration Research Leaders Syndicate’s contribution toward the Global Compact for Migration. It is one of 26 papers that make up a consolidated Syndicate publication, which focuses on proposing ways to address complex and pressing issues in contemporary international… Read More
Description: This study deals with border communities' perceptions about:
- border management in Diffa region and the eastern part of Zinder region;
- criminality, Boko Haram and terrorism;
- relationships and communication with defence and security forces in charge with border management;
-… Read More
This paper is part of the IOM Migration Research Leaders Syndicate’s contribution toward the Global Compact for Migration. It is one of 26 papers that make up a consolidated Syndicate publication, which focuses on proposing ways to address complex and pressing issues in contemporary international… Read More
El manual Migración y Poblaciones Lesbianas, Gais, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersexuales (LGBTI), busca promover una reflexión, desde las instituciones del Estado, organizaciones y/o colectivos sociales y activistas LGBTI, sobre los procesos migratorios de la población LGBTI de la región mesoamericana.… Read More
Les gouvernants admettent que l’utilisation d’identités et de documents frauduleux représente une menace importance pour la sécurité des États et la capacité de ces derniers à contrôler leurs frontières efficacement.
Governments recognize that the use of fraudulent documents and identities poses a significant threat to States’ national security and their ability to effectively manage their borders.
The Best Practice Guide is operational guidance on how to set up and run an inter-agency community-based complaint mechanism (CBCM) to handle reports of sexual abuse and exploitation by aid workers. It compiles lessons learned, examples, and case studies gathered throughout the course of a 2013–… Read More
The Working Group on Gender Issues prepares a quarterly Gender Bulletin.
The Working Group on Gender Issues prepares a quarterly Gender Bulletin.
The Working Group on Gender Issues prepares a quarterly Gender Bulletin.
The Working Group on Gender Issues prepares a quarterly Gender Bulletin.
The Working Group on Gender Issues prepares a quarterly Gender Bulletin.
Esta guía es una valiosa herramienta conceptual y metodológica de todos los temas relacionados con la trata de personas, la guía está dirigida a Multiplicadores los cuales adelantaran de forma interactiva, dinámica y pedagógicamente todos sus conocimientos a la comunidad.
Este manual es una herramienta para que funcionarios en el territorio colombiano cuenten con un instrumento de apoyo y orientación para la prestación de la asistencia, tanto en la etapa de emergencia o inmediata, como en la asistencia de reintegración o mediata a casos de trata de personas y para… 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
International Migration is a refereed quarterly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of… Read More
To date, trafficking in males has not been given enough consideration in research despite noteworthy signals that it is a violation faced by many males, adults and minors. Often severely exploited male migrants are overlooked as victims of trafficking. The noteworthy number of men exposed to… Read More
Biometrics and International Migration focuses on the impact of the rapid expansion in the use of biometric systems in migration management on the rights of individuals; it seeks to highlight legal issues for consideration in implementing such systems, taking as the starting point that the security… Read More
In an era of unprecedented human mobility, migration from and within the Asia-Pacific region has assumed gendered dimensions, with implications for migration flows, trends and patterns. While gender roles, inequalities and relations affect who migrates, it also has significant implications for… Read More