women often have limited access to reliable information and education which can further exacerbate their vulnerability in transit countries women risk different types of abuse such as sexual and physical abuse by the escort or agent migrant women frequently end up in genderinsensitive work environments in the country of employment where notions of what type of work is appropriate for women limit their options to domestic work and certain forms of entertainment in many countries these fields of work are not regulated and thus the women are excluded from any protection of the law