In the last few years, the number of women who independently migrate as main economic providers has increased. Consequently, their contribution to their country’s and their family's economic development has increased with the sending of remittances. The majority of studies and programmes on remittances have ignored the gender dimension. Furthermore, data related to the sending, receiving and use of the remittances is seldom disaggregated by sex. Remittances are much more than sums of money sent from one person to another. They reflect an intricate combination of dynamics that interact at individual, social, economic and political levels. Click on the link to read more on the web page of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.