Objective 

To identify the main regional challenges, obstacles and opportunities regarding migrant women, with a focus on gender, human rights and empowerment.

Methodology 

A participatory methodology will be used during the development of the Congress, encouraging the participants’ contributions. The agenda will be distributed in plenary sessions, panels of experts, colloquiums and working groups, on different thematic areas (gender, human rights and empowerment), as described below:

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Strengthening the response of the consular network, through improved procedures for coordination and information exchange between countries, to provide an effective response to the families of missing migrants at the local, national and regional level; taking on a regional approach that is not circumscribed by a single State.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

General objectiv:e 
 
Promoting an effective labor migration governance in an equitable and ethical recruitment related dimension as well as the prevention of fraudulent practices regarding recruitment. 
 
Specific objectives: 
 
1. Exchanging diagnosis and contextual information about the obstacles and main challenges for an effective labor migration governance.  
 

General Objective:

Promoting coordination spaces between the existing regional mechanisms for migration management and risk management, with the aim of contributing to capacity building on information exchange for the protection of migrants in the context of disasters of different nature.

Specific Objectives:

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

The workshop aims to provide follow-up on the actions agreed upon in the Work Plan of the Liaison Officers Network to Combat Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons of the Regional Conference on Migration, prioritizing those that are necessary to meet the objectives defined in this document.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

This workshop is intended to provide a space for dialogue and exchange for the member countries of RCM, with the following specific objectives:

Policy and program specialists from government agencies, civil society and international organizations focused on migration health will exchange information on policies, programs, best practices and lessons learned.

• Event´s Description: Space for discussion, dialogue and creation of conclusions based on the experience of the participating delegations on the subject of women in the context of migration. There will be working tables on various topics.
• Topics to be developed: Women and labour, Data with a Gender Approach, Women and the Global Compact, Migrant Children and Adolescents, Women and the SDGs, Violence against Women.

XXIII Meeting of the Regional Conference on Migration to be held in Panama City, Panamá, on November 14-15, with previous technical meetings of the Liaison Officer Networks and the Regional Consultation Group on Migration (RCGM) on November 12-13.