Women in Migration Network is a member of the Steering Group of the Gender and Trade Coalition and contributed to this new document, A Feminist Trade Agenda. "This agenda is based on the policy proposals put forward in the ‘explainer’ series by Regions Refocus,...
Theme: Building Analysis
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...
30 years since Beijing: Women in migration still seek inclusion in the Gender Equity and Equality Agenda
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), the Women in Migration Network (WIMN) is launching a new report, “Women in Migration Still Seek Inclusion in the Equity & Equality Agenda.” The report examines the state of women...
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...
WIMN Input to CMW/CERD joint comment on xenophobia and impact on rights of migrants, their families and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination
In March 2024 WIMN provided input to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) joint comment "on public policies for addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants, their...
Insights from the Intersectional Dialogues on Migration
Download the reports - available in English, Spanish and French:The report was launched on July 13 with a virtual event highlighting voices from leading regional organizations from Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. You can access the...
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...
WIMN Briefing Documents – Civil Society Days – GFMD, Quito 2020
[Updated] WIMN prepared several briefing papers for the Civil Society Days (CSD) and the Global Forum on Migration & Development (GFMD) in Quito, Ecuador, January 2020. These documents describe the "gender dimension" of various migration issue, and include WIMN's...
Regional Input for the Global Compact on Migration, 2017
In 2017, in the lead up to the UN Global Compact on Migration, the Women in Migration Network sought input from women in all regions to better understand the specific realities faced by women in migration across the world and to formulate policy recommendations. We...
SDG’s and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Critical concerns, analyses, talking points As nations gather in New York this week for the opening of the UN General Assembly, gender justice advocates arrived from around the world for Monday’s (9/22) Special Session on ICPD Beyond 2014. The International...