INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

The article states that older women often face discrimination due to their economic status, mental and health barriers, and are vulnerable to forms of violence and abuse. The article cites various treaties such as the Vienna Plan of Action and UDHR. However, it states that the specific mention of older women in these treaties is very limited.

This article examines the difficulties, challenges and merits faced by adult Congolese refugee women resettled in the United States. The article’s aim was to provide information to political and social institutions so those institutions can better understand the situation. The author begins by explaining the state of affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo that precipitated migration to the US, before delving into data collections methods.

In Thailand, the response to poverty is often the migration of women from rural areas into cities for the purposes of prostitution. This article explores the economic, political, social and environmental factors that together can explain the reasons behind this observed pattern.

This paper examines the reasons women migrate to the United States, with the aim of understanding the vulnerability of such women to human trafficking and modern forms of slavery. El Salvador, Mexico, and Korea are examined, representing three of the four most common countries of origin from among human trafficking victims identified by the US Department of Health and Human Services in 2006.