Women in Migration Network - WIMN

06/04/2026

Meet our newest team members!

05/25/2026

As part of its sustained advocacy towards the second , we undertook extensive preparatory work throughout the reporting period to strengthen feminist, migrant-led engagement in global migration governance. This included the coordination and launch of the Spotlight Report on Global Migration 2026, developed in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), which provided analysis and recommendations across key themes including regular pathways, the care economy, climate displacement, regularization, criminalization, and digital surveillance.

WIMN also mobilized organizations and advocates around "Towards the IMRF: A Feminist Manifesto for Structural Transformation in Migration Governance," calling for rights-based, intersectional, and accountable migration policies grounded in gender justice and migrant leadership.
Over 140 organizations have endorsed the manifesto. (The link to the Manifesto is in the first comment!)

https://womeninmigration.org/2026/05/building-feminist-migration-governance-wimn-at-the-imrf-2026/

05/19/2026

We are thrilled to welcome ACT Alliance as an official member of the Women in Migration Network!

After years of collaboration as an observer, this is a moment we have been looking forward to. ACT Alliance is a global faith-based coalition operating in 120+ countries, working on humanitarian aid, migration and displacement, gender justice, and peace, values that are deeply aligned with our own.

Having them as a full member strengthens our network and our collective ability to advocate for women on the move. Welcome, !

Find out who our members are: https://womeninmigration.org/org-members-and-observer-orgs/

05/14/2026

WIMN at IMRF 2026

Last week, we joined feminist advocates, migrant leaders, civil society partners, UN agencies, and member states to push for gender-responsive migration governance grounded in rights, dignity, and justice. The endorsement of our Feminist Manifesto by 140+ organizations, the launch of the Spotlight Report on Global Migration, the Women’s Caucus, and participation in IMRF roundtables all contributed to a powerful and urgent collective push for migrant rights and gender justice.

At a time of growing backlash against migrant rights and gender justice, we remain committed to building collective solidarity and advancing rights-based migration governance for all people on the move.

Thank you to everyone who organized, spoke, mobilized, and stood with us throughout IMRF 2026. The work continues.

rightsdignityjustice

05/07/2026

“Protection that is selective is not protection: it is exclusion.”

Irem Arf, serving as Civil Society Rapporteur at the IMRF, called for migration governance grounded in human rights, labor protections, and meaningful inclusion. Speaking on behalf of trade unions, migrant-led organizations, youth groups, academics, and diaspora communities, she stressed that all migrants, regardless of status, deserve equal protection, decent work, and access to justice. She also urged governments to move away from exploitative migration systems and toward rights-based, cooperative solutions that address the root causes of displacement, including conflict, inequality, and climate change.

05/07/2026

Migrant Rights Are Human Rights!

Yesterday, we gathered on the sidelines of the to stand in solidarity for migrant rights!

Grateful to everyone who showed up, spoke out snd stood together!

05/07/2026

05/06/2026

“When gender-responsive protections are eroded, the risks of labor exploitation, gender-based violence, and human rights violations increase exponentially.”

At the , Paola Cyment, Policy and Advocacy Lead of WIMN, called on governments and UN agencies to defend the gender-responsive commitments of the Global Compact for Migration amid growing global backlash against women’s rights and inclusion.

She emphasized that protecting migrant women and gender-diverse people requires sustained political leadership, accountability, and meaningful participation from civil society.

05/05/2026

Our WIMN Delegation is gathered for the 2nd International Migration Review Forum at a critical crossroads for global migration governance. In this high-stakes environment, we strive to hold stakeholders accountable imperative that our collective commitment to the GCM remains firm, particularly regarding its core Gender-Responsiveness Guiding Principle.

This regression is not merely rhetorical; it is a structural assault that threatens to dismantle the very infrastructure designed to protect women and gender-diverse migrants. And this powerhouse of women are here to hold the line.. and ask for more.
Bloque LatinoamericanoInternational Trade Union Confederation - ITUC Solidarity Center The Grail in the United States UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service CommitteeCivil Society Action

05/04/2026

WIMN is co-organizing tomorrow’s event on Gender-Responsive Guidance from the Grassroots: Lessons from the FeMig Project for GCM Implementation

This side event is hosted by the International Migration Research Centre where practices from grassroots organizations from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Nepal, Thailand, Kenya, Albania and others will be shared.

The FeMig Project: Building Feminist Migration Policy for Gender Equality, from Grassroots to Global led by the Gender+Migration Hub at the International Migration Research Centre in partnership with the Women in Migration Network and the International Detention Coalition, and funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

RSVP (Hybrid): https://balsillieschool.ca/event/gender-responsive-guidance-from-the-grassroots-lessons-from-the-femig-project-for-gcm-implementation/