General Objective
To promote the exchange of experiences and good practices, the dissemination of knowledge and generate a dialogue aimed at presenting proposals for the care of women and girls in conditions of mobility and for the development of their autonomy and empowerment from the approaches of gender, intersectionality, human rights, and inclusion.

Specific Objectives

• To generate a dialogue that will allow for the expansion of knowledge about migrant women and girls in the region, especially in the context of the pandemic, and to share good practices and experiences related to actions taken by the countries to protect their rights, as well as for the development of their autonomy.
• Reiterate the importance of the real (re)integration of migrant women in terms of substantive equality in the various spheres of life, and not only in the productive fabric, recognizing their capacity for agency and diverse contributions in the countries of origin, transit, destination, and return.
• Promote exchanges among Member Countries to identify areas of opportunity to strengthen the gender approach in public policies aimed at the migrant population, based on the application of the Guidelines on assistance and protection of women in contexts of migration

It is intended that, as a result of the dialogues, presentations and conclusions of this workshop, an RCM declaration will be approved with a regional position on the follow-up to the Global Compact for Migration, which will be used for participating in the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) in May of this year.

General Objective

To advance the exchange of experiences and best practices, disseminating knowledge and generating a dialogue aimed at delivering proposals for the attention of women and girls in conditions of mobility, and developing their autonomy and empowerment from a perspective on gender, intersectionality, human rights and inclusion.

Specific Objectives

• To generate a dialogue that allows broadening the knowledge regarding the situation of migrant women and girls in the region, particularly in the context of this pandemic; sharing best practices and experiences regarding the measures taken by countries in order to protect their rights, as well as developing their autonomy.

• To transcend the dominant vision of assistance towards migrant women and girls and begin referring their importance in terms of real (re)integration and substantial equality in the different spheres of life, and not just in the productive fabric, by recognizing their capacity as agents and diverse contributions in the countries of origin, transit, destination and return.

• To encourage an exchange between Member Countries in identifying areas of opportunities in order to strengthen gender-based public policies aimed at migrants, according to the application of the Guidelines for the Attention and Protection of Women in the Context of Migration by each of the Member States and recommendations issued by the working groups.

Participants' profile: two officers directly involved in the creation and implementation of policies on extra-regional migrants' management.

Comments: the meeting is based on the conclusion #2 a) of the second meeting of the ad-hoc group of the RCM on extra-regional migration flows and it is hosted by the Government of Costa Rica. The participation costs (flights and accomodation) have to be covered by participant countries. The remaining costs of the meeting (food and transportation airport-hotel-airport) are covered by UNHCR and IOM.