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"My name is Shamima, I am from a remote village in Bangladesh. My husband was a farmer. He had a piece of agricultural land. He used to cultivate rice and vegetables on that land. We had a hardship to run our family. My husband discussed the possibilities for him to work [abroad]. My relative suggested sending me instead… He said if I go abroad the cost will be less than that of my husband. I used to work hard from dawn to dusk. I was not allowed to rest and had no leave. I decided to run away. When I came back to my country I was offered training from a migrant organization. There I met many women with different stories of exploitation. Now we are more than 200 women working together so that no more women face the same conditions."
Almost 100 million of the world's migrants are women, and as Figure A shows, they form nearly half the total migrant population. Evidence shows that women now dominate the categories of migrants with tertiary education (Figure B), and this represents a feminised brain drain that can undermine the female leadership base of affected countries. For some women, whether migrating for domestic or professional work, migration offers the chance of economic independence and empowerment. But for many, migration can involve loss of means of holding abusive employers accountable or demanding redress for violations of their rights.
Figure A: Women are Half of the World's Migrants
Figure B: Women Lead the Brain Drain
World Bank estimates for 2004 indicate that remittances received by developing countries amounted to US$ 126 billion, almost twice the amount of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and approximately 75 per cent of the total foreign direct investment. There is no sex-disaggregated data to show women's contribution to these remittances, but there is evidence that in some countries it is significant. In the case of Dominicans working in Spain, for example, as much as 78 per cent of all remittances were sent by women, even though they accounted for 61.4 per cent of migrants In the Philippines, 97 per cent of migrants send at least some money home, with women sending about 45 per cent of their income on average.
Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, governments have addressed international migration at various United Nations conferences, but provisions for the protection of the human rights of women migrants remain inadequate. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, which came into force in 2003, is the most comprehensive instrument for protecting migrant worker's rights; however, as of 2007 only 37 countries had ratified the Convention, none of them among the top 10 migrant-receiving countries in the world.
Legislation and policies on migration rarely take into account the specific problems encountered by migrant women. For example, labour legislation rarely considers domestic employment. To address this challenge, UNIFEM in the Arab States has worked with 19 recipient and labour-exporting countries to support legal measures to prohibit exploitation of women migrants.
Trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have also worked to support the rights of women migrants. The Asian Domestic Workers Union (ADWU) in Hong Kong was formed to fight for stronger protection and accountability. Filipino women have established NGOs linked to transnational networks, including the United Filipinos in Hong Kong, which monitors the working conditions of foreign domestic workers and has helped workers from India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to establish their own unions. NGO activity to support women migrants, however, is an insufficient substitute for national accountability. While no one state can contain the negative consequences of globalisation, including the abuse of the rights of women migrants, each has responsibilities to ensure that the rights of those under its jurisdiction are respected.


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Elizabeth Kate (Lily) Fossitt, b 1854 - Photograph taken by Thomas North, [186-?]
Reference Number: PAColl-6026-3-004
Carte de visite portrait of Lily Fossitt (b 1854), taken ca 1860s by Thomas North of Dublin, Ireland.
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1 image, categorised under Portraits, Albumen photoprints and Cartes de visite, related to Thomas North and Elizabeth Kate Fossitt.
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Holland family :Photographs relating to March, Booth, Holland, Fossit, Butler and Mason families, Reference Number PAColl-6026 (32 digitised items)
Extent: 1 b&w original photographic print(s)Albumen print 9.1 x 5.7 cm on mount 10.6 x 6.4 cm. Single photograph
Historical Notes: Thomas North operated a photographic studio in Dublin in the 1860s. Source of information: George Eastman House database.
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Get excited! Things are beginning to take shape down here at ISBIM headquarters. The new collection for summer 2011 is well underway, and we have a new facebook fan page which, come to think of it, you are probably already aware of if you are reading this right now.
We are currently in the process of finalising the final range line up for the mens and womanswear ISBIM 2011, which is starting to shape up as another one of the wearable and fresh collections that ISBIM is known for.
Hope you have an amazing start to the new year and manage to keep all your new years reslolutions... mine is to ease off on the shopping and chocolate eating a bit... clearly i still believe in miracles!


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Yesterday night I soaked a few almonds in a bowl of water. I thought both of us (Hubby and Me!) will have it in breakfast. But neither of us had it. And frankly speaking, I'm not very fond of dry fruits. I don't like if it's added in Pulao and Kheer. And I was wondering what to do with the Almonds/Badam that we have received as Diwali Gift. That's when the idea of Badam Halwa came into my mind. So here is an another recipe to satisfy my sweet tooth :-)
Almonds-1 Cup
Milk-1 cup
Sugar-3/4 Cup
Ghee-3-4 Tbsp
Cardamom Powder and Saffron is optional
Few extra almonds for garnish
1. Blanching the almonds-Boil around 2 cups of water in a pot. Turn off the gas and add the almonds to it. Cover it up and let it get soaked for around 15-30mins.
Now take out one by one and remove the skins. It will come out very easily.
2. Now grind these almonds with sufficient milk to a fine smooth paste.
3. Heat the ghee in a non stick kadhai and add the above almond mixture to it. Please note to keep the gas flame in low and keep stirring in order to avoid lumps.
4. After few mins of stirring add the remaining milk and continue stirring for a while.
5. When all the milk is absorbed add the sugar and continue mixing.
Note:Milk and Ghee can be required little more.
6. Now the mixture will turn into brown color. You will know that the halwa is done when the mixture will take the texture of "Sooji Halwa". This entire process of stirring needs to be done for at least 20-25mins.
Can be served hot as well as cold!


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Vacansoleil names Tour squad
Vacansoleil-DCM has named its Tour de France team, with Kris Boeckmans set for his debut in the most famous of the grand tours.
The Dutch team's multinational line-up has no obvious leader but Johnny Hoogerland is expected to contest for stage victories, while new Netherlands national time trial champion Lieuwe Westra - who won stage five of the Paris-Nice - is also a major feature.
Belgian Boeckmans, 25, makes his Tour de France debut after joining Vacansoleil for this season.
Kenny van Hummel, Wout Poels and Rob Ruijgh complete the Dutch contingent, with Sweden's Paris-Nice stage winner Gustav Larsson, Italian Marco Marcato and Spaniard Rafael Valls also named in the nine-man squad.
Thomas de Gendt is not in the squad as he is due to get married this summer, so has opted to skip the tour.
The Belgian won stage 20 at this May's Giro d'Italia, finishing third overall, and also won a stage at Paris-Nice.
It is Vacansoleil's second outing at the Tour de France.
"We've made another step forward," sports director Hilaire Van der Schueren said at the press conference at NAC Breda's football stadium.
"That's why our line-up is a little bit different in comparison with last year. During the Tour we would like to show our next improvement.
"The classifications and jerseys are not our main goals. We want to win a stage again, like we did in the Giro d'Italia and (last year) in the Vuelta."


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Life on a Forbidden Planet by Sterling Scott
Where no woman has gone before...
Amy Toller is responsible for determining which alien species are intelligent and which aren't. It's her job to travel to different planets and observe the aliens from afar. Between her exciting planetary explorations, the boredom of interstellar space flight is relieved by her boyfriend, Mario. Snuggled in Amy's cabin, Mario's explorations take her emotions - and her body - to places she's never experienced before, and when he spanks her for the first time, she is amazed at the response it evokes in her.
Halfway through the mission, the captain orders Amy down to the surface of the planet Corvus-3 to complete an assessment of the natives, and to decide whether they can mine the planet for lanthanum, which Amy's people desperately need to survive. Unfortunately, the savage Barbas have also discovered the mineral deposit. The Barbas are Amy's home planet's mortal enemies. Savage and ruthless, they will go to any lengths in order to access the valuable mineral.
When she finds herself stranded on Corvus-3, Amy is forced to join the planet's native alien population to suvive. She finds herself taking part in all their daily rituals, including their nightly orgies with spanking as foreplay. As a result, she gets very close to these primitive near-humans, and soon finds herself in a one-woman war to save them - and the galaxy - from the Barbas.
Will she succeed? And what of Mario? Did he remain on the ship which seems to have abandoned her to her fate? Will she ever see him again?
Publisher's Note: This exciting sci-fi tale is not a typical M/f romance. It contains explicit sexual themes with multiple partners, including spanking, exhibitionism, anal, and voyeurism. If such material is likely to offend you, please do not purchase.
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Infatuation is too casual a word when it comes to how I feel about *Givenchy Palette Metallic Reflection from their Autumn – Winter Vinyl Collection. I have made it my mission to show you how stunning this quad is inside and out before you can't lay your hands on it anymore. While we're at it, the *Mister Intense Black Mascara Top Coat and *Rouge Acajou Le Vernis are pretty awesome as well!
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To 'believe' is also to say 'I don't know'. A belief is not necessarily a truth. So how are we to realize and know our own truth? How do you know that you know? What is the difference between belief and truth? In this series of Being Beyond Belief, we will examine how certain beliefs get in the way of the truth.
Beyond Belief: Security
This paradox haunts most of our lives. It's one of the first belief programmings we receive. It's all around us every day. What truly makes us secure? Can we depend on money and material stuff? Learn and see for yourself.
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