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LEADing the charge in empowering NYC’s young women immigrants

Written by Abbey Kurtz   New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) is gearing up to run its second installment of the LEAD Program, which provides skills training and leadership development for young, first generation women immigrants ages 16 to 35. Five young women graduated from the previous pilot session in May 2015, and left feeling empowered to plan for the future, and become positive agents of change in their communities. “I have gained a lot of knowledge and skills from the...

Portraits & interviews

March 2015 Immigration News At a Glance

Written by Kara DeDonato In honor of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year, the March news digest focuses on women immigrants in the US before turning to local immigration news here in New York.   Women immigrants in the US On March 20, the Migration Policy Institute published a ‘Spotlight’ report, entitled “Immigrant Women in the United States.” The report notes that the number of women immigrants in the United States has steadily increased over the past...