Despite much research on migration in the South Pacific, there is almost no information relating either to the migration of women (either internally or internationally) or to the impact of migration on women (either those who move or those who stay) or on the societies of emigration. This article attempts to draw restricted conclusions from the limited data available, indicate some implications of these conclusions and point to the problems of lack of information in an area where migration is of major significance for social and economic change. The nature of available information results in some bias towards Melanesia and especially Papua New Guinea.
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