 Did you know that more women are migrating on their own than ever before? In this video, we'll tell you a little bit more. Migration can have a positive or negative impact on a migrant, depending on the context and the situations they face. Migrant women in particular face situations of vulnerability that are related to gender-based discrimination and gender-based violence. Women face what is called an intersectional discrimination. They are discriminated against as migrants and as women. They may be victims of violence that is based on their gender, such as sexual and physical violence. In Latin America and the Caribbean, there are other forms of discrimination in addition to the structural gender inequalities. So migrant women may also face discrimination based on their ethnicity, their sexual orientation, their religion or their gender identity. At the same time, migration can be very positive for women, giving them access to education, to jobs, to participating in the political and public life, and sometimes to live independently in ways they never have before in their lives. We also know that migration can be a way for migrant women and girls to escape gender-based violence in their families or their communities. Thank you for joining us. We'll see you in our next One Minute on Migration.