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Know Your Rights!

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Are you migrating for work?

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

This pamphlet provides vital information to female migrant workers in Myanmar and abroad.

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Subject areas: Economic empowerment Migration
Resource type(s): Briefs Brochures
Publication year
2017
Number of pages
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