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WIMN Input to CMW/CERD joint comment on xenophobia and impact on rights of migrants, their families and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination
In March 2024 WIMN provided input to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)...
WIMN Members at the Global Forum on Migration & Development – January 2024
Some 20 Women in Migration Network members converged in Geneva at the end of January for the 14th Global Forum on Migration and Development, or...
WIMN end-of-year letter 2023
Clic aquí para leer en español On December 10, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which grounds our...
WIMN’s LIGA Program — Leadership in Global Advocacy
In June WIMN launched its new pilot program, Leadership in Global Advocacy or “LIGA” to help strengthen grassroots voices in international migrant rights advocacy. The program aims to create a strong, participatory, collective process that enhances...
A Worker is a Worker: Protecting the Labour Rights of Workers on the Move
In the latest issue of The Global Labour Rights Reporter, Neha Misra of the Solidarity Center -- a member of Women in Migration Network -- provides a succinct overview of the significant challenges for the rights and conditions of today's migrant workers around the...
Interview with Bandana Pattanaik, GAATW: The situation of migrant women in South Asia
A wonderful interview with Bandana Pattanaik, International Coordinator of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), a member of WIMN. Conducted in May, 2023 and addressing the situation of migrant women in South Asia. Watch the video here:...
WIMN Remarks at GCM Talks, April 2023
Paola Cyment shared WIMN's remarks at the launch of the UN's new "Anti-Discrimination Tool" on April 27, 2023. She drew on WIMN's work to strengthen intersectionality in our analysis and practice. "An intersectional approach needs to consider and to examine historical...
Women in Migration Network at UN CSW 67, New York, March 2023
By Carol Barton WIMN had a strong presence at the UN CSW, which focused on the digital economy. Members from GAATW, MigrantRights.org, ACT Alliance and a large Trade Union delegation – Women, Power, Unions, including IDWF, ITUC, PSI and Solidarity Center – were...
International Women’s Day Rally 2023
On March 8, 2023 -- International Women's Day -- WIMN co-sponsored a rally outside of the United Nations to raise visibility of women workers, including migrant, rural and displaced women workers. At the event we called for: Safe, rights-based and regular...
The human cost of border deterrence
During the UN's International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), in May 2022, officials from around the world gathered to evaluate progress on the Global Compact of Migration -- their governments continue to build walls, militarise borders, and criminalise human mobility....
Decent work for all, including migrants
The International Migration Review Forum, the primary intergovernmental platform to discuss and share progress on the implementation of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), took place at the United Nations in New York in May 2022. It...
What should the world do about climate migrants
The climate crisis and migration are two of the most critical – and controversial – issues of the current era. They are also inescapably linked, and if we are to address both then we must do more than mitigate negative impacts of climate change. We need to put people...
Is the world delivering on the Global Migration Compact?
Late 2021, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women conducted a simple exercise within our network of women migrant workers. We asked them what they expect from the UN’s first-ever International Migration Review Forum. The IMRF, which begins on Tuesday, is a...
WIMN in the News: IMRF puts global spotlight on migration
WIMN members Carol Barton, WIMN's co-convenor, and Neha Misra of Solidarity Center recently spoke with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) about the expectations towards the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), the first review of the UN's Global Compact for Safe,...
WIMN Members Speak at Launch of Gender Guidelines for Global Compact
Members of WIMN shared their perspectives on July 21 during the High Level Launch of the Policies and Practice: A Guide to Gender-Responsive Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration. The virtual event was hosted by UN Women and UN Network on Migration. The...