In 2005 It was estimated that one of every 35 people lived outside of the country where he or she was born. Nearly 49.6% of the 190 million immigrants were women.
The money that migrant sent regularly to their countries of origin seems little at individual level, regardles at global level it doubled the official international aid in 2006. Along the recent years migration and remittances flows have captured the attention from different actors such as civil society, national and local governments, banks and international organizations interested on remittances impact on development.
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Consequently, in 2003 INSTRAW started the research area of Gender, Remittances and Development, acknowledging that inequality between men and women needs to be considered as key issue when researching about remittances and development. This kind of analysis has to consider:
What is the contribution that female migrants add to development of their home countries and the fight against poverty?
How to adjust the strategies on managing remittances towards reducing the inequality between men and female?
From this perspective INSTRAW has carried out diverse investigative projects in different geographic zones of the World. In September 2006, it completed a case study on the immigration of women from the Dominican municipality of Vicente Noble to Spain. In the beginning of 2008, it finalized similar studies for Colombia, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the sending of remittances from South Africa to the six countries in Southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Mozambique). Other case studies are being developed in Albania, Senegal and Morocco, Dominican Republic, Philippines and Lesotho.
From this perspective INSTRAW has carried out diverse investigative projects in different geographic zones of the World. In September 2006, it completed a case study on the immigration of women from the Dominican municipality of Vicente Noble to Spain. In the beginning of 2008, it finalized similar studies for Colombia, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the sending of remittances from South Africa to the six countries in Southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Mozambique). Other case studies are being developed in Albania, Senegal and Morocco, Dominican Republic, Philippines and Lesotho.
