In the light of the above, the Assembly calls on the member
States of the Council of Europe to:
8.1 ensure gender sensitivity in the design, implementation,
evaluation and follow-up of all integration policies for migrants
and refugees;
8.2 promote empowerment of migrant and refugee women by countering
all forms of gender-based or gender-specific discrimination, including
in access to education and work, and devise specific measures and
programmes with a view to facilitating their access;
8.3 ensure that the protection provided by legal treaties,
notably the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe Convention
on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual
Abuse and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking
in Human Beings, is well known to all those responsible for dealing
with migrant women and that these treaties are efficiently implemented;
8.4 ensure that the social rights of refugees and migrants
are respected in a gender-neutral way, in accordance with the revised
European Social Charter (ETS No. 163), in particular regarding parental leave;
8.5 raise migrant and refugee women’s awareness of their rights,
including as regards access to education and work, participation
in social, economic and cultural life, protection against gender-based and
domestic violence, and access to justice;
8.6 ensure that the right to family reunification is enforced
without undue delay, especially for unaccompanied child refugees
or family members who are in need of family support;
8.7 encourage and support initiatives aimed at empowering
migrant and refugee women within their families, in their communities
and in society at large, by developing their self-confidence and
self-determination and by protecting women and girls from negative
social control;
8.8 protect migrant and refugee women from all forms of violence
against women, including child marriages, female genital mutilation
and so-called “honour crimes”;
8.9 provide migrant and refugee women with gender-specific
information on the cultural norms and expectations of the host society,
with a view to helping them to identify their role, their responsibilities, their
fundamental rights and freedoms, and the opportunities available
to them;
8.10 provide opportunities for language training specifically
targeted at women and available from an early stage after their
arrival in the host country;
8.11 provide opportunities for vocational training and higher
education, taking into account the skills and specific needs of
migrant and refugee women and recognition of educational and professional qualifications;
8.12 conduct information and awareness-raising activities targeting
migrant and refugee women and men on gender equality and women’s
rights as enshrined in the law of the host country;
8.13 support and co-operate closely with civil society and
all those willing to contribute to migrant and refugee women’s integration
and empowerment, including social partners and migrant and refugee women’s
organisations;
8.14 establish mechanisms to ensure the systematic consultation
of migrant and refugee women’s organisations and organisations that
represent these women;
8.15 integrate the concept of gender equality into the training
of professionals and public officials at all levels involved in
the design and implementation of integration programmes;
8.16 support mentoring programmes aimed at migrant and refugee
women and support the use of positive role models;
8.17 collect and produce detailed gender-specific statistical
data on migrants and refugees, in order to define the most pressing
needs, to detect specific vulnerabilities and strengths and to allow
for the development of targeted and more individualised national
integration policies.
