From a caravan of families crossing Mexico to raids in northern Morocco; from new fences being constructed in Europe to the exclusion of refugees in Australia; from people displaced by climate-related weather to those fleeing violence—migrants and refugees are in the news, and half of them are women who face particular challenges.
We have an unprecedented opportunity to demand that migrant women’s rights and leadership be put at the center of the migration debates and policies that hold sway over their lives. On 10-11 December, governments met in Marrakech to adopt the Global Compact for Migration, the first-ever international agreement on migration management. Women in Migration Network and Oxfam International led the development of the Marrakech Women’s Rights Manifesto, gathering hundreds of endorsements for organizations and advocates around the world, and shared the manifesto with world leaders, and through an active media campaign, to supporters around the world. We demanded that migrant women be put at the center of migration policy, now and going forward!
Marrakech Women’s Rights Manifesto (English)
Manifiesto de Derechos de las Mujeres Marrakech (Spanish)
Manifeste de Marrakech sur les droits des femmes (French)
بيان حقوق المرأة بمراكش (Arabic)
Марракешский манифест о правах женщин (Russian)
The GCM promised to be “gender-responsive” and “a milestone in the history of the global dialogue and international cooperation on migration.” However, this will only be possible if women’s human rights, international labor standards and crucial principles are fully incorporated into all national, regional and global migration policy. That will depend on all of us!
Click here to read the background document, Women’s Rights in Global Migration Policy
See the video, Road to Marrakech: Help to Ensure the Rights of Women Migrants and Refugees are Upheld, produced by Oxfam International and Women in Migration Network
See the video from our press conference in Marrakech, announcing the Manifesto.
#RoadFromMarrakech
#MarrakechWomensRightsManifesto
#ForMigration
Co-organizers: Women in Migration Network (WIMN) and Oxfam International
BELOW ARE LINKS TO MESSAGE ABOVE, INCLUDING SIGN-ON LINKS IN SPANISH, FRENCH, MANDARIN, RUSSIAN AND ARABIC
Apoya el Manifiesto de Marrakech por los Derechos de las Mujeres [Spanish]
Appuie le Manifeste de Marrakech pour les Droits des Femmes [French]
响应《马拉喀什妇女权利宣言》[Mandarin]
Поддержите Марракешский Манифест Прав Женщин [Russian]
أيّد بيان حقوق المرأة بمراكش [Arabic]
Background Document – Women’s Rights in Global Migration Policy:
Antecedentes: los Derechos de las Mujeres en la Política Migratoria Global [Spanish]
Les droits des femmes dans les politiques migratoires mondiales [French]
背景：全球移民政策下妇女权利问题 [Mandarin]
Короткая информационная справка: Права женщин в международной миграционной политике [Russian]
ﺧﻠﻔﯾﺔ: ﺣﻘوق اﻟﻣرأة ﰲ اﻟﺳﯾﺎﺳﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻣﯾﺔ ﻟﻠﮭﺟرة [Arabic]