This paper discusses national and international responses to female migration and aims to "expose ways in which the legal regulation of migration reproduces and exacerbates the social and cultural inequalities that disempower female migrants." The authors conclude that although the international system has paid little attention to the particular needs of foreign female household workers, the law still has the potential to protect the rights of migrant workers. Recently, international law has begun to turn its attention to the violence directed at female migrant workers.