This transnational collaboration aims to encourage and empower migrant women to participate in civic and democratic action in Europe.
Migrant women are for us all women, including gender non-conforming persons, who displaced between countries, trafficked or who have moved from a third or European country to a destination in Europe. WIDE+ is leading a consortium for a project of 2,5 years with between women-led and migrant women-led organisations with a shared mission to protect the rights of migrant women rights. Currently 7 organisations are included in the consortium. The project commenced in April 2022.
The WE-EMPOWER project adopts an inclusive definition of migrant women. For our purposes, “migrant women” refers to all women, including gender non-conforming individuals, who have been displaced between countries, trafficked, moved from a third or European country to a destination in Europe, or are second-generation migrants. This definition includes third-country nationals, asylum seekers, refugees, undocumented migrant women, women with migrant parents, and mobile EU citizens. While our approach to defining migrants is broad, we acknowledge that migrant women experience varying degrees of resources and vulnerabilities.
