A new Op-ed from MRRORS - the Migrant Rights Research Open Repository - a member of WIMN 14 April 2026 Every new crisis seems to strengthen the chokehold of the Kafala system on labour migration On 28 February 2026, in the middle of Ramadan, even as...
Policy Advocacy + Labor Rights
WIMN’s Call to Action on the International Day of Care and Support
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Support Migrant Women’s Human Rights!
During this "Human Rights Week", the Women in Migration Network is releasing a series of videos and graphics calling attention to the urgency to ensure human rights protections for women in migration. For 9 days - from International Human Rights Day (December 10)...