Latest
Stay up to date with the most recent news, such as events, campaigns, and launches.
Happy New Year from Women in Migration Network
As we turn the corner to a new year, Women in Migration Network sends a message of solidarity, justice and peace to our friends, colleagues, and partners. We wish you all much happiness and health in 2025 and beyond and share our gratitude for your support and...
WIMN’s 2024 End-of-the-Year Wrap Up
2024 has been an inspiring and impactful year for Women in Migration Network (WIMN), capped by the Feminist Forum on Migration and Displacement (FFMD) in Bangkok, Thailand, just concluded this month. It could not have been a more fitting culmination of this busy year....
WIMN’s message to AWID closing plenary: Migration is a feminist issue
Feminist Migration Forum, Feminist Migration Policy, Intersectionality, Latest, Theme: Feminist Organizing, WIMN Statements
At the closing plenary of the AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) Forum on 5 December in Bangkok, WIMN Board member Nalishha Mehta, also representing the Solidarity Center, shared this message: Migration is a feminist issue. In our current...
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
GFMD, Intersectionality, Latest, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices
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
Building Analysis + Climate Change, Feminist Organizing + Climate Change, Latest, Sectors + Climate Change, Throughline: Climate, Women's Voices + Climate Change
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
CSW, Feminist Migration Policy, Feminist Organizing + Climate Change, Feminist Organizing + Labor Rights, Latest, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices
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
Feminist Migration Policy, Latest, Media: article, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices, WIMN Statements
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
Blog, GFMD, Latest, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices
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
Building Analysis + Labor Rights, Feminist Organizing + Labor Rights, Latest, Policy Advocacy + Labor Rights, Sectors + Labor Rights, WIMN Statements
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
Building Analysis + Labor Rights, Feminist Organizing + Labor Rights, Latest, Policy Advocacy + Labor Rights, Resources, Theme: Women's Voices, Women's Voices + Labor Rights
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
Latest, Policy Advocacy + Climate Change, Policy Advocacy + Regularization, Resources, Women's Voices + Climate Change, Women's Voices + Regularization
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
Building Analysis + Labor Rights, Latest, Resources, Sectors + Labor Rights
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
Blog, Latest, Theme: Policy Advocacy, Theme: Women's Voices
In June 2023 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 leadership and...
The transformative power of intersectionality – Robert Bosch-Stiftung
Latest, Resources, Theme: Feminist Organizing
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...