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certain characteristics or who belong to certain classes with
specific characteristics such sex, and is not closely related to
the inherent requirement of the job.
Migration
Migrant worker
National legal rights
Rape
Ratification
Recommendation
Reproductive health
Resource
is the movement of people from one place to another. It is
either internal (from one section of the country to another, e.g.
rural-urban), or external (from one country to another).
Migration may be temporary or permanent.
person who migrates because of work, from the rural to the
urban areas within a country (internal migration) or from one
country to another country (external migration).
those rights which are defined by national laws in each country,
usually consisting of constitutional rights, rights laid down in
national legislation such as the Penal Code, the Labour Code
and the Civil Code and rules such as government regulations
having sexual intercourse with anybody against her or his will.
in ratifying a Convention, a State formally accepts it and is
therefore legally bound to apply it. The country will, if
necessary, adopt new laws and regulations or modify the
existing legislation and practice to support the Convention. It
must apply the Convention not only in law but also in practice,
and provide regular reports on its application to the
International Labour Office.
international labour recommendations are not open to
ratification but lay down general or technical guidelines to be
applied within a country. They often provide detailed guidelines
to supplement principles set out in Conventions, or they may
provide guidance on subjects which are not covered by the
conventions.
is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all
matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions
and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that
people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that
they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to
decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this last
condition are the right of men and women to be informed and to
have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable
methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other
methods of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not
against the law, and the right of access to appropriate healthcare
services that will enable women to go safely through
pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best
chance of having a healthy infant (WHO).
is everything people need to carry out an activity like: tools to
work on the land, food to eat, education to learn, etc. Persons
are also regarded as a resource, because a friend or a
community member can be very useful in, for instance, solving
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