WIDE Network, the National Association of Human Resources Specialists (AUR) and KARAT Coalition are delighted to invite you to the WIDE Annual Conference 2010 ‘Migration in the context of Globalisation: Women’s Human Rights at Risk?‘
Women today account for almost half of the migrant population globally. Female migration patterns have changed, with more women migrating as ´autonomous´ actors - a trend that is called the feminization of migration. Migration is a gendered process, with gendered modes and paths, gendered interests and motivations and gendered forms of remittances. Many women choose to migrate to improve their living conditions (and of those in their care), as a way to deal with poverty and multiple discriminations.
Government policies heavily influence patterns of migration and rights for people to migrate and live as migrants. Policies of the EU and many European governments are driven by economic and political interests and have the impact of discriminating against migrants. These policies also combine with trade and development policies, having together many negative effects on migrant women and men in Europe and the sustainable development of societies in the Global South.
WIDE Annual Conference ‘Migration in the context of Globalisation: Women’s Human Rights at Risk?‘ aims to create a space for inclusive and critical dialogues on how, in times of crises, migration, trade, economic development and globalization impact women’s lives. The gathering will critically assess the EU policies around migration and will set out reccommendations that will strengthen the advocacy work of the Civil Society organisations. WIDE Annual Conference is a place to exchange good experiences, to gather evidence and theoretical insights on how we can ensure that the economic, cultural, political and social rights of migrant women are protected.
The WIDE Annual Conference will allow migrant women and other women from Europe, CIS countries, Latin America, Asia and Africa to come together, to share experiences and actively learn from each other.
This year´s conference marks the 25th anniversary of WIDE and will be preceded, on 3 June, by an International Capacity Building day
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