The vulnerability to exploitation of women migrant workers in agriculture in the EU:the need for a Human Rights and Gender based approach 
Abstract

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, explores the working conditions of migrant women in agriculture in the EU, focusing on some case studies in Italy and Spain.In particular, it aims to examine the factors that render women vulnerable toexploitation, paying attention to gendered dynamics and power relations. Thestudy contends that to prevent and combat exploitation in agriculture it isnecessary to implement concerted actions aimed at tackling, from a human rightsand gender perspective, the structural factors of a socio-economic system which fosters and relies on workers’ vulnerability