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....
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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...
On the Road to the IMRF – Updated
As the UN's International Migration Review Forum concludes on Friday, May 20, WIMN is sharing here a round-up of our activities. Several members of WIMN, most representing their respective organizations and sectors, actively participated in the IMRF program, in side...
WIMN Comments to Rev2 of IMRF Progress Declaration
Download the PDF. Comments, Rev 2, 14 April, 2022 The Women in Migration Network [WIMN] welcomes advances in the Progress Declaration negotiations. We express thanks to states advocating for a gender-responsive declaration. At the same time we are...
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,...
IMRF puts global spotlight on migration
The first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) took place from 17-20 May 2022 at the UN headquarter in New York. At this UN forum, states joined with other stakeholders to discuss the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration...
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...
Women in Migration Need States to Act Boldly in their Commitment to the Global Compact for Migration
By Carol Barton, Paola Cyment, Catherine Tactaquin, Women in Migration Network As the global health pandemic has laid bare intense inequities and multiple, interlocking crises throughout the world, implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) is urgently...