Drafting Committee on Migrant Women (GEC-MIG)
Building on the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 and its Strategic Objective 5 “Protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls”, the Drafting Committee on Migrant Women (GEC-MIG), a subordinate body to the Gender Equality Commission (GEC), was tasked by the Committee of Ministers to draft a Recommendation on migrant and refugee women on the basis of Recommendation Rec(79)10 concerning women migrants and of an analysis of needs and gaps that need to be addressed. GEC-MIG is composed of representatives of 8 member states (Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Serbia, Slovak Republic) whose expenses are borne by the Council of Europe. All member states may send additional representatives, without defrayal of expenses, to the meetings of the Drafting Committee. Two meetings are foreseen each year of the GEC-MIG mandate (2020-2021).
- Terms of reference of the GEC-MIG 2020-2021
- Guide on the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights- Immigration, European Court for Human Rights, 2020
- Key Recommendations- Factsheet on protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls, 2019
- Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylym-seeking women and girls,Factsheet, 2019
- Gender-Based asylum claims and non-refoulement: Articles 60 and 61 of the Istanbul Convention, 2019
- Protecting migrant women, refugee women, and women asylum-seekers from gender-balanced violence, Factsheet, 2019
- Migration from a gender perspective: empowering women as key actors for integration, Report, Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination,Parliamentary Assembly, 2018
- Recommendation n°R(79)10 of the Committee of Ministers to members states concerning women migrants,1979
Relevant Links
- Migrant and refugee women and girls, Gender Equality Division
- Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees
- Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Parliamentary Assembly
Documents
- GEC-MIG (2021) Report September
- Agenda GEC-MIG (2021) 5
- Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) GEC-MIG (2021) 3 rev 2
Information Documents
Presentations
- Presentation of the working document by the Secretariat
Cécile GRÉBOVAL, Secretary to the GEC-MIG, Programme Manager, Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Equality Adviser
Documents
- GEC-MIG (2021) Report March
- Agenda GEC-MIG (2021) 1
- Draft Recommendation on migrant,refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title)
GEC-MIG (2021) 2 - Consolidated version of the Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) GEC-MIG (2021) 3
Information Documents
- Compilation of the proposed amendments to the sections II and IV of the Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) submitted by member states (from A to M)
- Compilation of the proposed amendments to the sections II and IV of the Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) submitted by member states (from N to Z)
- Compilation of the proposed amendments to the sections II and IV of the Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) submitted by permanent observers and international organisations
- Compilation of the proposed amendments to the sections II and IV of the Draft Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women (provisional title) submitted by sectors of the Council of Europe
Documents
- GEC-MIG (2020) Report December
- Agenda GEC-MIG (2020) OJ 2
- Draft Preamble and operative paragraphs of the future Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women GEC-MIG (2020) 2
- Draft structure for the Annex to the future Recommendation on migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women GEC-MIG (2020) 3
Information Documents
Compilation of instruments related to migrant and refugee women GEC-MIG (2020) Information document
Presentations
- Exchange of views with Ambassador Drahoslav ŠTEFÁNEK, Council of Europe Secretary General Special Representative on Migration and Refugees
- Draft preamble and operative part of the draft recommendation
Cécile GREBOVAL, Secretary to the Drafting Committee/Programme Manager, Gender Equality Division - Exchange of views with Andreas WISSNER, Representative, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg
- Relevant provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and findings of Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
Petya NESTOROVA, Executive Secretary of the anti-trafficking convention - Exchange with Sandra JOHANSSON, Senior Gender Advisor, Save the Children
- Preparation of the draft recommendation: Structure of the appendix – guidelines
Louise HOOPER, Expert supporting the work of the Drafting Committee
Documents
- GEC-MIG (2020) Report October
- Agenda GEC-MIG (2020) OJ 1
- Assessment of needs and gaps – discussion paper GEC-MIG (2020) 1
Information Documents
- Compilation of instruments related to migrant and refugee women GEC-ΜΙG (2020) INF 1
- Summary of replies to the questionnaire of June 2020
- Migrant women in France, Information Note (French delegation), 2020
- Information note on relevant policies in Italy (Italian delegation), 2020
- Information note on relevant policies in Ukraine (Ukrainian delegation), 2020
- Information note on relevant policies (Holy See), 2020
Presentations
- Mandate and working methods of the Drafting Committee
Cécile GRÉBOVAL, Secretary to the Drafting Committee/Secrétaire du Comité de Rédaction, Programme Manager/ Responsable de Programme - The 1979 Recommendation on women migrants
Cécile GRÉBOVAL, Secretary to the Drafting Committee/Secrétaire du Comité de Rédaction, Programme Manager/ Responsable de Programme - Needs assessment: existing standards and gaps, added value of a recommendation, proposed structure and scope of the draft recommendation
Louise HOOPER, Expert supporting the work of the Drafting Committee - Relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Thomas STRAUB, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights - Links with relevant provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and findings of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
Francesca MONTAGNA, GREVIO Secretariat - Exchange with NGOs-European Network of Migrant Women
Alyssa AHRABARE, Project Officer - Exchange with NGOs-DaMigra e.V. (umbrella organisation of migrant women), Germany
Franziska ILSE-SHAMS, Project Officer - Presentation on the proposed scope and structure of the draft recommendation
Cécile GRÉBOVAL, Secretary to the Drafting Committee/Secrétaire du Comité de Rédaction, Programme Manager/ Responsable de Programme