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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...

Culture & events

New Women New Yorkers Launch Party: Celebrating Women Immigrants from Around the World

Written by Sabrina Axster   On March 14, 2015, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) held its Launch Party at the Centre for Social Innovation to celebrate its first flagship program, LEAD. Close to 150 guests joined the NWNY team and its partners for an evening of inspiration and entertainment, featuring several keynote addresses, a silent auction, and more. Centre for Social Innovation, March 14, 6:30pm: NWNY team members are busy attending to final details before the event starts. Bartenders are...

Features & analyses

Discussing migration at the United Nations

Written by Sabrina Axster   At the Thirteenth Coordination Meeting on International Migration which took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on February 12 and 13, UN experts, government delegations, civil society organizations, and academics discussed the most pressing global migration issues. Just a week later, during the negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda to set and define new goals on poverty, hunger eradication, inequalities, and security, among other topics, many government delegations stressed the importance of giving...

Culture & events

Immigration & Women Events Calendar, February 2015

Written by Arielle Kandel   February is the shortest month of the year, but there is still plenty to do! We’ve put together selected lectures and talks, festivals, exhibitions, and other events, some related to the immigrant experience in the US and in NY in particular, others to women and feminism. If you come across another amazing event we forgot to mention, feel free to add it in the “Leave a Reply” section at the bottom of the post!   February...