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...
Theme: Women’s Voices
Laguna Larga resists displacement
Voices from the Frontlines: Latin America The Mayan community resists displacementIn early May 2024, the Women in Migration Network hosted the second dialogue in its series on Climate Change, Gender and Migration, this one focused on the experiences of the Mayan...
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...
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...
WIMN Calls for an Immediate, Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza and an End to Occupation
A Statement from the Women in Migration Network (In Arabic, English, French and Spanish. See links below) The Women in Migration Network (WIMN) calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza; cessation of military funding to Israel; and an end to the...
Reflections of the 14th GFMD Civil Society Intersectional Rapporteur on Gender
During the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Geneva earlier this year, Vani Saraswathi of Migrant-Rights.org and a member of WIMN's Board of Directors, served as a civil society "Gender Rapporteur", alongside rapporteurs focused on youth and on...
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...
‘Gender-responsive’ is Not Enough
This article was prepared for Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) and appeared on their website on 22 January 2024: https://www.fes.de/en/displacement-migration-integration/article-page-flight-migration-integration/gender-responsive-is-not-enough Here is the text of the...
WIMN Members at the Global Forum on Migration & Development – January 2024
Some 20 Women in Migration Network members converged in Geneva at the end of January for the 14th Global Forum on Migration and Development, or GFMD. The Summit included government delegations and stakeholders from various regions and civil society sectors. WIMN ...
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...
UN Women: Ensuring Safe and Regular Migration for Migrant Women and Girls in the Context of Climate Change
From UN Women: Climate change is a global emergency that puts the achievement of gender equality at great risk. As climate change intensifies around the world, many women and girls, especially those in situations of vulnerability, migrate in search of safety,...
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...
WIMN’s LIGA Program — Leadership in Global Advocacy
In June WIMN launched its new pilot program, Leadership in Global Advocacy or “LIGA” to help strengthen grassroots voices in international migrant rights advocacy. The program aims to create a strong, participatory, collective process that enhances...
The transformative power of intersectionality – Robert Bosch-Stiftung
Robert Bosch Stiftung has just published a new e-booklet -- The Transformative Power of Intersectionality. Women in Migration Network was one of eleven organizations participating a Bosch foundation program exploring intersectionality. The e-booklet -- available in...
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...
Anti-Discrimination and COVID-19 Advocacy Tool
This publication, a collaboration of the Gender and Anti-racism workstreams of the UN Network on Migration, looks at discrimination on grounds related to race and gender and how these shape the impact of COVID-19 on migrants, including their access to relief and...
International Women’s Day Rally 2023
On March 8, 2023 -- International Women's Day -- WIMN co-sponsored a rally outside of the United Nations to raise visibility of women workers, including migrant, rural and displaced women workers. At the event we called for: Safe, rights-based and regular...