Why Do Migrants' SRHRs Matter? Why Don't They?

Title: 
Why Do Migrants' SRHRs Matter? Why Don't They?
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
Reference: 
(2013)
Annotation: 
This is a report on the 46th United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), under the theme "New trends in migration: demographic aspects". Specifically, the report discusses the conservative and narrow views that rights- based groups face in regarding the role of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) in the lives of female migrants. The author details why SRHRs matter to the vulnerable female migrant population, and advocates for their inclusion in a migrant's general right to health and security. She further explains, and counters, the arguments and tactics used by religious conservative groups to challenge the validity of SRHRs, such as spreading misinformation, increasingly by the use of social media and a manipulation of the rights language.