News On the Road to the IMRF – UpdatedMay 1, 2022NOTE: The United Nations Webcast services will provide live streaming coverage of the International Migration Review Forum in all UN official languages, through the UN Web TV website at: http://webtv.un.org As the UN’s International Migration Review Forum concludes on Friday, May 20, WIMN is sharing here a round-up of our activities. Several members of WIMN, […]... Read more...WIMN in the News: IMRF puts global spotlight on migrationApril 8, 2022WIMN members Carol Barton, WIMN’s co-convenor, and Neha Misra of Solidarity Center recently spoke with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) about the expectations towards the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), the first review of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, approved by states in December 2018. They commented on the problem of shrinking spaces […]... Read more...Int’l Women’s Day 2022: Responding to Intersecting Global Crises: Women in Migration Mobilize for Transformative, Rights-based PoliciesMarch 8, 2022On International Women’s Day 2022, the Women in Migration Network (WIMN) salutes the power, creativity and organizing capacity of women around the world and calls for full and equal rights for women in all their diversity. This year we celebrate hard won gains for women—even as health, economic, climate and war crises mean huge setbacks […]... Read more...Support Migrant Women’s Human Rights!December 10, 2021During this “Human Rights Week”, the Women in Migration Network is releasing a series of videos and graphics calling attention to the urgency to ensure human rights protections for women in migration. For 9 days – from International Human Rights Day (December 10) through International Migrants Day (December 18), WIMN will be posting daily through […]... Read more...WIMN calls for human mobility, migrant women’s human rights in climate deliberations and action plansNovember 12, 2021As COP26 concludes in Glasgow, Scotland, the Women in Migration Network calls on governments to undertake bold, inclusive action to tackle the climate crisis, and reaffirms the need for an intersectional strategy encompassing migrant, women and human rights-centered responses. WIMN’s statement reads in part: “Whether in combatting the pandemic, or in addressing climate change, gender […]... Read more...WIMN joins Feminists for a People’s Vaccine CampaignAugust 5, 2021The Women in Migration Network is proud to join partners in the new “Feminists for a People’s Vaccine” campaign, to bring feminist perspectives to the debate and advocacy for equitable access to medicines and vaccines. Check out the campaign website at www.feminists4peoplesvaccine.org Early in the pandemic last year, WIMN asserted that, “an inclusive, intersectional feminist […]... Read more...WIMN Members Speak at Launch of Gender Guidelines for Global CompactAugust 2, 2021Members of WIMN shared their perspectives on July 21 during the High Level Launch of the Policies and Practice: A Guide to Gender-Responsive Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration. The virtual event was hosted by UN Women and UN Network on Migration. The Guide builds “on the gender-responsive approach outlined in the guiding principles […]... Read more...Our Message on International Women’s Day 2021March 8, 2021We call for a new social compact that guarantees social protection, labour rights and women’s human rights for all women in migration Download a PDF of this statement here On this International Women’s Day, the Women in Migration Network (WIMN) once more calls on states to take bold, transformative action as worldwide, we seek a […]... Read more...Reflections on UNMN Listening Sessions on Migration, Covid-19 & GenderJune 20, 2020On 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 Covid-19”. The sessions provided an important venue for civil society […]... Read more...WIMN Launches Global Mapping Project on Gender & MigrationJune 5, 2020Women in Migration Network (WIMN) is partnering with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) to map organizations and experts addressing the intersection of gender and migration through research, advocacy and mobilization. At this critical time for migration — especially in the throes of the global pandemic, this initiative will help to identify key organizations and leaders addressing […]... Read more...
