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...
Throughline: Labor Rights
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...
Women, Work, Migration and Technology (CSW 67 Co-sponsored event)
At this event, we heard directly from women migrant workers, labour rights organisers and human rights activists who addressed some of the more harmful effects of technological advances in the context of labour exploitation and trafficking. Our speakers provided...
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...
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...
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...
Viernes Feministas: Conversaciones sobre Migración Laboral desde una Perspectiva Feminista
Read in English Únete a esta serie de diálogos que comienzan el próximo 23 de abril, una iniciativa colaborativa Asociación para los Derechos de las Mujeres y el Desarrollo (AWID por sus siglas en inglés), Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), la Alianza Global contra...
Reflections on UNMN Listening Sessions on Migration, Covid-19 & Gender
On June 11, Women in Migration Network helped to convene, along with UN Women, the United Nations Network on Migration (UNMN) "listening sessions" on the impact of Covid-19 on migration, through a gender lens - part of a series exploring "mobility in the time of...
Migrant women workers increasingly unsafe
by Amrit Paudyal Kathmandu, June 28: The need for equipping women heading for foreign employment with training on different skill sets for securing their profession and destination was emphasized on Sunday. At an interaction organized jointly by Foreign Employment...