Full rights and status for all migrant care workers 29 October 2025As the Women in Migration Network marks the UN International Day of Care and Support on 29 October, we call attention to the globalized and racialized international division of care work. Care work is...
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Open Letter to the UN Network on Migration Responding to Recent Statement on Remittances
Roula Seghaier, WIMN International Coordinator, recently sent this "Open Letter" to the UN Network on Migration (UNNM) on behalf of WIMN. The letter addresses a recent UNNM statement, “Investing in Impact: The Power of Remittances for the SDGs”. She shared in a cover...
Migration and Trade – a new explainer
WIMN recently worked with Regions Refocus on publication of a new trade "explainer" on Migration and Trade -- one in a series produced by the Gender and Trade Coalition. The explainer provides strategic policy proposals to promote rights-based, gender-responsive...
Decent Work at the Nexus Between Climate Change and Migration
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), a WIMN member, has recently published a new policy brief that explores the intersection of climate change and migration, and implications for labor. Read and download the report (available in Arabic and English) From...
IDWF: Domestic Workers and the Care Economy
The International Domestic Workers federation, a WIMN member, has produced this position paper in preparation for the General Discussion on Decent Work and the Care Economy at the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva in early June 2024. Domestic...
Solidarity with the International Day of Care and Support – Oct. 29, 2023
Read WIMN’s statement on the International Day of Care and Support: Putting Care Work at the Center of Society and Economy - Let's Value It! (In English, Spanish, French & Arabic)Putting care work at the center of society and economy. Let’s value it! (English)...
Heroes, Victims, or Slaves? Workers! A new report from GAATW
Strengthening migrant and trafficked women’s rights to inclusive re/integration in Southeast Asia and Europe GAATW, the Global Alliance Against Traffick in Women and a member of WIMN, has published a new report based on qualitative interviews with 329...
Protection of the labour and human rights of migrant workers
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Felipe González Morales, shared his latest report, Protection of the Labour and Human Rights of Migrant Workers, in July. The report highlights the human rights challenges faced by migrant workers, analyzing...
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...
Viernes Feministas: Conversaciones sobre Migración Laboral desde una Perspectiva Feminista
Read in English Únete a esta serie de diálogos que comienzan el próximo 23 de abril, una iniciativa colaborativa Asociación para los Derechos de las Mujeres y el Desarrollo (AWID por sus siglas en inglés), Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), la Alianza Global contra...