“Until the mid-1980s, migration was regarded as a male phenomenon. Today, women account for almost half of the migrant population globally. Migration is often seen as gender-neutral because it deals with the process of the movement of persons, however, it is in fact gender-related because migration impacts differently on men and women, and on different groups of men and women in their process of movement” (IOM – GENDER AND MIGRATION)
In the third newsletter we go deep in this topic because we think that the strong relationships between migrations and developing cooperation projects have to be read in a gender perspective. Now even on www.womenin.net
PROJECTS
Gender and Migration Virtual Community
In 2008 UN-INSTRAW hosted two Virtual Discussions about gender and migration that generated reflection and debate on the current approach to migration, the sending and receiving of remittances, and their impact on development from a gender perspective. Participants in both discussions shared ideas about priority research topics and how to ensure that the results of on-going research and dialogue process have a concrete impact on policy and programming. This Virtual Community aims to provide a space to continue reflecting on these issues, to exchange information and to learn from one another.
LIBRARY
UNDP Human Development Research Paper 2009/04
Migration and Gender Empowerment: Recent Trends and Emerging Issues, by Jayati Ghosh
Women are increasingly significant as national and international migrants, and it is now evident that the complex relationship between migration and human development operates in genderdifferentiated ways. However, because migration policy has typically been gender-blind, an explicit gender perspective is necessary. This paper attempts this, beginning with an examination of recent trends in women’s migration, internationally and within nations.
Harnessing the development potentials of remittances among overseas Filipinos and their families (The Philippines-Italy Link as Case-in-Point) is the Dialogue held in Rome, Italy on May 19-20 2009, as a part of the EC-AENEAS funded IOM programme and brought together over 60 representatives from Filipino diaspora organizations in Italy, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, Italian and Philippine central and local governments, NGOs and academic institutions to discuss ways to leverage remittances for the development of the migrant origin communities.
INTERVIEW
The womenin.net gallery starts out with the first exclusive interview with the Indian economist Jayati Ghosh, guest at the Trento Festival of Economics 2009. We asked him specific questions about the condition of women in the world migratory phenomenon and in international cooperation.
EVENTS
Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2009
November 2-3, 2009 – Athens, Greece
The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is an annual international meeting for voluntary, non-binding and informal discussion which investigates the methods through which migration may contribute towards development goals. It was established following a proposal made to that effect by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, in September 2006. The GFMD was held in Brussels in 2007 and in Manila in 2008. This year it is to be held in Athens.
Mobilizing Diaspora Civil Society for International Development:
A Capacity Building Workshop for Women Leaders of Diaspora Associations
November 16 - 26, 2009 - Haifa, Israel
This ten-day workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of migrant women to lead diaspora organizations and to mobilize diaspora contributions and human and financial capital towards the development of their country and communities of origin. This workshop targets migrant women leaders of diaspora organizations in Europe, North America and other host countries who are active in projects to facilitate the socio-economic development of their origin countries, as well as the integration of their peers in their destination countries.
The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center, Haifa
The Center for International Migration and Integration, Jerusalem
JOBS
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. A dynamic network of women and men around the world, AWID members are researchers, academics, students, educators, activists, business people, policy-makers, development practitioners, funders, and more.