The author reports on a meeting that was sponsored by the U.N. Population Council and the University of Pisa and held in March 1990 in San Minato, Italy, on international migration policies and female migrant status. The conference dealt with such topics as the impact of female status on migration selectivity, the effect of acculturation on the roles and status of migrant women, the status of female migrants as compared to that of native women, and returning female migrants.

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