Violence in relation to (im)migrating women in Europe

Este texto caracteriza a situacao das mulhres migrantes na Uniao Europeia. Na Europa, em 2006, havia um contingente de 18.5 milhoes de migrantes procedentes de paises do Terceiro Mundo, 54% dos quais eram mulheres. As mulheres migrantes sofrem vulnerabilidades ligadas ao trabalho, participacao politica e social, maior exposicao as violencias e sexismo. As autoras apresentam a legislacao atual referente a migracao no perido de 2000 a 2007, apontando alguns programas e politicas de integracao e enfatizando o respeito aos direitos humanos fundamentais." This text characterizes the situation of (im)migrating women in the European Union. In Europe, in 2006, there was a contingent of 18.5 million (im)migrants coming from Developing Countries, 54% of which were women. (Im)Migrating women suffer vulnerabilities linked to work, to lower political and social participation, higher exposition to violence and sexism. The authors present the current legislation concerned to (im)migration in the 2000-2007 period, showing some integration programs and policies and highlighting the respect to basic human rights