Beyond Borders: Women, Migration, and Pandemic

May 20, 2021 | UN Women
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UN Women USA NY will host Beyond Borders: Women, Migration & Pandemic, an open dialogue on the experience of women in migrant and refugee populations, spotlighting individual stories to illuminate statistics. This conversation will provide a forum on power disparity, gender inequality, and increased gender-based violence in migrant and refugee populations, and propose actions to improve the reality of migrant and refugee women and girls around the world.

Half of the world's 70 million forcibly displaced, including refugees, and half of the world's 258 million migrants are women. Yet less than 1% of funding to fragile states goes to women’s groups. Refugee and migrant women’s voices are missing from policies designed to protect them. One in five displaced women experience sexual violence. Sixty percent of preventable maternal deaths take place in humanitarian settings. In crisis, women are first responders and play a crucial role in rebuilding communities. Women migrant workers send money home at a rate greater than official development assistance annually.

Who: UN Women

Where: Online

When: 20 May 2021   Time: 07:00 PM EST