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...
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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...
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)...
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...
Interview with Bandana Pattanaik, GAATW: The situation of migrant women in South Asia
A wonderful interview with Bandana Pattanaik, International Coordinator of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), a member of WIMN. Conducted in May, 2023 and addressing the situation of migrant women in South Asia. Watch the video here:...
Over one hundred mark International Women’s Day with rally outside the United Nations
Over one hundred women gathered on March 8 at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza to celebrate International Women’s Day and the female workforce. Assembling in the shadow of the United Nations, the event looked to lift up the rights of women workers who are instrumental in...