Migrant Women Are Still Victim To Sexual Violence Throughout Migration Process

Human Rights Watch says migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard are "hauled back to arbitrary detention and abuse" and EU governments are turning a blind eye. Photo: AFP / Mahmud Turkia

Women represent almost 50 per cent of the world's migrant population, currently estimated to be a staggering 281 million people.

While men make up more than half of those who have migrated overseas and children account for around 14 per cent, UN Women has named migrant women as "agents of change".