“On this International Women’s Day, NNIRR honors the lives of millions of women and girls in migration and calls on our governments at all levels to uphold the human rights of all women, regardless of their immigration status.”
“In 2020, the United Nations estimated that nearly 48% of the world’s migrant population were women and girls, or approximately 135 million. Women are increasingly forced to leave their homes as a result of political, economic or social instability, war and climate-related disasters. Yet governments around the world respond by investing heavily in militarized migration regimes to deter and control their movements, relying heavily on deportation and incarceration, and pushing women, girls and families onto the most dangerous routes.”
“Militarized migration regimes have a profound impact on the human rights of migrant girls and women. Restrictive migration policies are particularly harmful to women and force them to live in highly vulnerable situations or conditions due to their gender and irregular status. Despite multiple reports of the lethal effects of a militarized response to migration, government officials at national and subnational levels continue to promote this as the key solution.”
In solidarity,
The NNIRR team
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