Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice

✨This past weekend, Chaimae Haddoumi, recent participant in our Migrant Youth Leadership Program and now project co-lead for our upcoming 16 Days of Activism Campaign, attended European Network Against Racism Aisbl (ENAR)’s “Training on Media Messaging for Racial Justice Advocates” 📢 ℹ️ The intensive 1.5-day training was designed to provide a base for advocates to explore the knowledge and tools needed to navigate both traditional and new media platforms. Focus areas included: critical media literacy, story-telling, media landscapes, and outreach techniques. 💡What did Chaimae learn? “I’m thrilled to have participated in the training. It was a valuable opportunity to engage in continuous learning with and from each other.   We tackled critical topics such as media’s role in shaping public perception, crafting compelling narratives, and effective crisis communication. These skills are essential as we recognize the challenges civil society organizations face in accessing spaces for advocacy.   The new insights we gained will empower our work at the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice, helping us amplify our voices and drive meaningful change in our respective communities.” #migration #gender #justice #youth #leadership #media

🌟 Recap: “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” International Youth Day Conference ✨ 🥳 On August 12, 2024, we hosted the first “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” International Youth Day Conference! Over 200 attendees from around the globe registered to join us to discuss gender-responsiveness in the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Europe. 💡 Key Highlights: ▪️1️⃣4️⃣ migrant youth speakers addressed the complexities of gender and migration. ▪️We collaborated with 2️⃣ youth organizations and partnered with and additional 5️⃣ organizations to co-facilitate working groups. Politics4Her | Migration Youth & Children Platform ▪️The conference centered around 5️⃣ policy areas: #labor, #education, #health, #trafficking, and #GBV. 🎙 The conference began with insightful opening remarks by Ángeles Zúñiga Medina, followed by an engaging roundtable discussion featuring our Migrant Youth Research and Advocacy Fellows: Lilian Anazube, Gabriela Cardim, and Osita Kingsley Odo. 🎤Attendees then participated in working groups focused on specific policy areas in the Global Compact for Migration. Expert co-facilitators, including Umayma Elamin, Giulia Neri Serneri, Nadia Jaity Najlani, Marcia Baratto, and Dr. Sangeetha Manavalan-Thoppil, provided insights, alongside participants in our Migrant Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) who shared findings from their research. 🔊The day concluded with closing remarks by Dr. Shaddin Almasri, leaving attendees energized to advocate for gender justice beyond borders. 📺 You can now find the full recording of the conference on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eaqCtKEF! 👏 And congrats again to our MYLP 2024 cohort - a blog series on migrant youth leadership coming soon! Hadia Ibrahim Khel, Sophia Danter, Stacy Ogembo, María José Quirola, Maryam Mohamed, Mehar Allidina, Chaimae Haddoumi, Núbia Vale Rodrigues #migration #gender #justice #youth

🆕 Global Compact for Migration Regional Review Africa 🇺🇳 ℹ️ This week, the Regional Review for the the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) took place in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. ➡️ The Review provided African Member States, UN bodies, and various other stakeholders, including civil society, an opportunity to assess progress made in the implementation of the GCM. 🎉 One our our former participants in the Migrant Youth Advocacy Training and now Youth Ambassador for the IOM - UN Migration, Damilola Adeniran, attended the Review and gave an impactful speech on the importance of youth engagement in these review processes. 🔗 Watch the recordings here: https://lnkd.in/e743PY3A 🔜 Report on the gender-responsive implementation of the Compact from our very own migrant youth researchers. #migration #gender #justice #GCM #Africa

✨Today, our Anti-Racism Focal Point, Gowinda Ama A., joined the 45th celebration of CEDAW in Berlin, Germany. 🥳 The celebratory event was organized by the CEDAW-Allianz Deutschland and included programming on the legal-institutional framework of the Convention as well as its implementation in Germany. Here are Ama’s main take-aways from the event: 🎙 “As we celebrate 45 years of CEDAW, there are remaining gaps to address: ▪️Germany’s implementation of CEDAW often overlooks the needs of women, girl, LGBTQIA+, and gender diverse migrants. This not only renders existing measures ineffective, but also creates unsafe conditions for those left behind. ▪️The incomplete implementation of CEDAW constitutes a breach of international law. Discrimination must be prevented, mitigated, and actively responded to. ▪️An intersectional approach to the Convention’s implementation is needed across institutional levels; and most importantly, this must include the meaningful participation of those affected.” ℹ️ Learn more about our take on Germany’s implementation of CEDAW and its lack of migrant-inclusion in our parallel report for last year’s review session: https://lnkd.in/gDRxgUJr #migration #gender #justice #CEDAW #law

🌿Last week, our Climate Focal Point, Tatenda Dlali, participated in the final session of European Network Against Racism Aisbl (ENAR)’s Climate Justice Academy in Bucharest, Romania. ℹ️ The session focused on challenging existing economic models and create economies that work for all, including migrants, in the pursuit of climate justice. ➡️ Why is it important that we, as the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice, engage in these discussions? 1️⃣ 80% of those displaced by climate change around the world are women and girls. 2️⃣ Heightened risks of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation are correlated to displacement and climate change. 3️⃣ Women only represent 33% of climate-related decision makers. How many of them have experienced displacement due to climate change themselves - research has yet to show. Here is what Tatenda has to say in reflecting on her experiences at the academy: 🗣 “Climate justice for migrant communities includes not only developing policies that support safe and dignified migration pathways in the face of environmental disasters, but reducing disasters to begin with. This means that in addition to advocating for international frameworks that recognize climate-induced displacement and that provide migrants with legal protections and resources, we must also advocate to hold stakeholders responsible for rapid climate change through regulations and reparations.” #migration #gender #justice #climate #economy

🚨Call for Participation: UN Committee on Migrant Workers Review Session (December 2024) 📢 🇺🇳 As the first-ever NGO focal point to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), we are calling for participation from organizations in Benin, Egypt, Honduras, Mauritania, Seychelles, and Tajikistan for the upcoming review session! ℹ️ The CMW is the body of independent experts that works to protect the rights of the millions of migrant workers around the world. The Committee monitors how States are implementing the Convention on Migrant Workers Rights. 🤝 In our capacity as NGO focal point to the CMW, we … ▪️work in regular partnership with the Committee to ensure effective and meaningful participation of civil society in the Convention review process. ▪️contribute to the evolving standards and practices in UN Treaty mechanisms to enhance the full implementation of the Convention. ▪️share our expertise and experiences relevant to the Convention to raise awareness on its implementation. ➡️ Are you an organization working in the area of labor migration in Benin, Egypt, Honduras, Mauritania, Seychelles, and Tajikistan, or do you know anyone who does? 📧Please reach out info@migrationgenderjustice.com for more information on the engagement process. 🔁 Kindly like, comment, and share for reach. #migration #gender #justice #labor #UN #migrantworkers #rights

🆕 CMGJ @ UN General Assembly 79 📢 🎉 We concluded our participation in this year’s UN General Assembly, including the Summit of the Future and Climate Week, at the Climate Mobility Summit. ℹ️ The Climate Mobility Summit connected key stakeholders in promoting cooperation at the global, national, and local level. The Summit also featured the launch of the Leadership in Migration Initiative. ✨ Our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, had the opportunity to engage with leaders in the field, not least Amy Pope, the Director General of the IOM - UN Migration. ➡️ There is a lot to reflect on from this week - stay tuned for more insights and exciting updates. #migration #gender #justice #climate #UN

📢 We are excited to support our MIgrant Youth Leadership Program participant Stacy Ogembo who is now a co-project lead in the initiative: My CITY, My SAFE SPACE! ℹ️This project is financed by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) under the #catalyst for #cohesion program and is focused on creating a #safe and #inclusive #community through bringing together German youths and youths with international backgrounds in Osnabrück. 🎉Join this important initiative and be part of a growing allyship #network. For more information and to register, check out the full details on the flyer. ⬇️ #migration #gender #justice #youth

🆕 CMGJ @ UN Climate Week 📢 🌊How does sea-level rise impact migration? What are the gendered implications thereof? And, how can these impacts be addressed? ➡️ These are the questions that our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, addressed in her input during the UN General Assembly high-level multi-stakeholder meeting on “Addressing the existential threats posed by sea-level rise.” 🗣 “Sea-level rise is a pressing issue that poses significant threats to coastal communities worldwide, leading to forced migration and exacerbating existing gender inequalities. As sea levels continue to rise due to climate change, low-lying coastal areas are increasingly prone to flooding, rendering them uninhabitable and displacing millions of people.” 🔜 A recording of the speech is coming soon; in the meantime, many thanks to the UN Civil Society Unit for the speaker highlight post. #migration #gender #justice #climate #UN

🆕 CMGJ @ UN Climate Week 📢 🇺🇳From the UN Summit of the Future to UN Climate Week, we are here for all of it. 🌿Over the next couple of days, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, high-level sessions on global climate governance are taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. ✨ Tomorrow, our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, will make an intervention on the impacts of sea-level rises on migration from a gender perspective. Here is a sneak peek of her speech: 🎙”By incorporating a migrant-inclusive and gender-responsive approach to sea-level rise adaptation, policymakers can create more effective and targeted solutions that promote resilience and sustainability within coastal communities, and that ultimately prevent, rather than respond to displacement.” 📺 Tune in to UN TV or follow along on social media as we make sure that global climate governance is migrant-inclusive and gender-responsive. #migration #gender #justice #climate #UN