An Op-Ed published in Migrant Women's Press November 27, 2025 Climate related migration: it is all about political choices As climate impacts intensify, states are choosing profit over protection, leaving marginalised communities, especially women, to carry the...
Feminist Organizing + Climate Change
Climate Justice at the Intersection of Gender and Migration: A WIMN Summary of Activities and Lessons
Climate change and environmental degradation force people to move magnifying existing inequities and systems of exclusion. Women, girls and gender-diverse people experience the brunt of climate change and environmental destruction because their work is often informal...
Voices from the Frontlines: Africa — Kenyan women resist displacement
In May 2025, WIMN’s fourth and final dialogue focused on the Mathare settlement in Nairobi, where women have experienced displacement and the loss of livelihoods. They have led the resistance to the effects of climate change, including devastating floods. The dialogue...
Join us on May 6: Flooding in the Mathare North settlement, Nairobi — Impact and Resistance
A virtual webinar. The 4th and final session of WIMN's cross-sectoral dialogue series on climate, gender, and migration. Tuesday, May 6, 5:00 - 6:30 pm Nairobi/10:00 - 11:30 am EDT Check your local time here We will be exploring the impact of devastating flooding last...
Filipino fisherfolk resist displacement, fight land reclamation project at Manila Bay
In January WIMN organised the third of our four cross-sectoral dialogues: Land reclamation projects in Manila bay: Filipino fisherfolk facing displacement and strategies of resistance. In collaboration with SERUNI, Pamalakaya, OKUP and IWRAW-AP we had a closer look at...
Filipino fisherfolk facing displacement & strategies of resistance
Land reclamation projects in Manila Bay: Filipino fisherfolk facing displacement & strategies of resistanceJoin us on Monday, 27 January, 13:00 - 14:30 UTC Please register to receive Zoom link!WIMN's third cross-sectoral dialogue will get a closer look at...
Ante desplazamiento por cambio climático, mujeres y niñas enfrentan mayores secuelas: IMUMI
Women and girls face greater consequences due to displacement due to climate change: IMUMI By Arantza Diaz in Insurgencia Magisterial, July 12, 2024 WIMN member, el Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración (IMUMI), is featured in this article exploring the the...
Climate, Gender and Migration: Realities and Feminist Responses
In November 2023, WIMN -- in collaboration with WEDO and other allies -- organised the first of four cross-sectoral dialogues: Climate, Gender and Migration: Realities and Feminist Responses. We are planning three more such dialogues throughout the rest of 2024.We...
WIMN at the UN Commission on the Status of Women – CSW68
Women in Migration Network and members will participate in several activities commemorating International Women's Day and the convening of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) in New York. The CSW meets March 11 - 22, 2024. Selected Side Events: GenMig...
Migration, Displacement & Human Rights in West Asia and Asia Pacific regions: the Climate Crisis and its Impact on Women’s Livelihoods
Earlier this year WIMN hosted the virtual webinar, Migration, Displacement & Human Rights in West Asia and Asia Pacific regions: the Climate Crisis and its Impact on Women’s Livelihoods. The webinar complemented a similar WIMN event held last year during the...