The impact of migration on women and the family: research, policy and programme issues in developing countries

"In the context of the pervasive invisibility of migrant women in the standard data collection, policy-making and planning processes, this paper seeks to review some of the major trends and patterns of female migration in developing countries; identify some important research priorities, and to delineate some of the areas in which policies and programmes might be framed so as to assist or change the impact of migration on women and the family. In the discussion of the relevance of these issues to national services and community organisation are emphasised as priority action programmes."