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International Women’s Day 2026: WIMN Celebrates Resilience, Re-opens Membership
Blog, Feminist Migration Policy, Intersectionality, Latest, WIMN Statements
As International Women’s Day 2026 approaches, the Women in Migration Network (WIMN) still finds reason to celebrate the resilience of our movements...
Happy New Year from Women in Migration Network
As we turn the corner to a new year, Women in Migration Network sends a message of solidarity, justice and peace to our friends, colleagues, and...
WIMN mobilizing grassroots voices for change!
Please donate at year's end 2024 has been an inspiring and impactful year for Women in Migration Network (WIMN), capped by the Feminist Forum on...
International Women’s Day Rally 2023
Blog, CSW, Latest, Throughline: Labor Rights
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
Blog, GCM, Theme: Policy Advocacy
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
Blog, GCM, Policy Advocacy + Labor Rights, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Throughline: Labor Rights
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
Blog, GCM, Policy Advocacy + Climate Change, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Throughline: Climate
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?
Blog, GCM, Theme: Building Analysis, Theme: Women's Voices
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
Blog, GCM, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices, UN Migration Network
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...
A Feminist Lens on Migration & Trade
Blog, Building Analysis + Labor Rights, Feminist Organizing + Labor Rights, Policy Advocacy + Labor Rights, Theme: Feminist Organizing, Theme: Women's Voices, Women's Voices + Labor Rights
On 9 April, 2021, Women in Migration Network and the Gender and Trade Coalition hosted an international webinar on global migration and trade -- with a feminist lens! Thanks to all who participated in this dynamic session. A video of the webinar can be viewed here. An...
No Borders to Equality: Global Mapping of Organizations Working on Gender and Migration
Newly Updated Interactive Map! Rising inequalities around the world, exacerbated by the global coronavirus pandemic, have heightened the need for strong, independent, civil society–driven efforts to ensure rights-based and gender-responsive national and regional...
#MeToo: Rural Women, Migrant Women, Sexual Assault, Access to Justice
Please Join the Women in Migration Network (WIMN) UN-CSW 62 Parallel Event Thursday, 15 March, 10:30am – 12:00pm Chapel (ground floor), Church Center for the United Nations, E 44th Street and First Avenue The Context: As reports emerge about sexual harassment and...
First WIMN Newsletter
Keep up to date with all our latest news and activities by subscribing to our monthly newsletter. We will be keeping members informed of all the crucial developments on gender in the migration sector. To read our August bulletin on our issue briefs for the...
Solidarity Center Addresses GCM Thematic IV
Neha Misra addressed the Fourth Thematic Event in preparation for the UN Global Compact on Migration, held at UN Headquarters in NY from 24-25 July. She spoke on behalf of the Solidarity Center, an international labor rights NGO and part of the global labor movement...