Gender & Migration
WIDE+'s work on gender and migration is carried forward through the Gender and Migration Working Group, which promotes migrant women's agency, rights, democratic participation and transnational feminist collaboration across Europe.
WE-EMPOWER first transnational training 2023
The European Gender and Migration Working Group aims to promote the active agency and voice of migrant women, girls and gender non-conforming persons throughout Europe.
For us, migrant women include all women – including gender non-conforming people – who have moved between countries. This includes people who have been displaced, trafficked, or migrated from a third country or another European country to a destination in Europe.
Our work is grounded in an intersectional feminist approach guided by three core objectives:
Access to rights
Promote improvement for migrant women in terms of access to rights, work, integration, etc.
Coalition and movement
Strengthen coalition and movement building at local, regional, national and European levels.
Democratic participation
Build capacity for democratic participation.
We warmly welcome both new partner organisations and individual participants. There is no formal membership fee to join the Working Group, though WIDE+ encourages participants to consider joining the broader WIDE+ network as members to strengthen our collective voice.
Activities and Agenda
The Working Group organises online and in-person capacity-building events for transnational exchange, facilitates national events, and engages in awareness-raising and joint advocacy. We are currently working on a regranting project, funded by the EU, that aims to strengthen the democratic participation of migrant women in Europe. We aim to increase our focus on labour and care work of migrant women.
Erasmus+
WE-EMPOWER (2022–2024)
An Erasmus+-funded transnational project led by WIDE+, empowering migrant women to participate in civic and democratic life across Europe. Partners included NGO Atina, Romanian Women's Lobby, ADRI Association, KULU, GADIP, Red Latinas, Alianza por la Solidaridad (now named ActionAid Spain), and Gabriela Germany.
Open Society Foundation
OSF Projects (2018–2022)
Two collaborative projects funded by Open Society Foundation focused on strengthening migrant women's movement-building and protecting female migrant and refugee rights across Europe (2022 report; 2020 report).
WIDE+ at the European Parliament for an event on “Feminist Receptions, Transforming Together_ Border Contexts and Welcome Models for Migrant Women, Adolescents and Children in Europe and Mesoamerica” in 2023
Join the Working Group
Joining the Working Group means becoming part of a transnational community of feminist practitioners and advocates. The group meets around 10 times per year online and aims for at least one in-person meeting annually, rotating across EU member states.
As a member you can:
- Participate in transnational capacity-building and exchange meetings;
- Contribute to joint advocacy, campaigning and awareness-raising;
- Propose new topics, shape the agenda and bring your own context and expertise
Contact us
For more information or to join the group, please contact our General Coordinator Gea Meijers. Please also download our Terms of Reference for more information.