Gendered experiences in migration occur along a continuum (origin-, transit-, and destination country): based on a country’s policies, gender dynamics might premise the reason for migration but might also affect experiences along migratory routes and in destination countries. Along this continuum, women, girl, LGBTQIA+, and gender diverse migrants face heightened risks of marginalization, vulnerabilities, and violence. 

The Global Compact for Migration (GCM) addresses these experiences in its objectives and through a set of guiding principles, such as following a people-centered and whole-of-society approach. In connecting the Compact’s objectives and guiding principles in the context of gender, our event “Localizing the Global Compact for Migration: Gendered Migration Experiences in New York City” brings together community leaders to explore the implementation of the GCM in a city setting. The objectives of the event are to identify challenges and opportunities in localizing the GCM through a gender perspective. 

The event is organized as a community dialogue between representatives from local organizations to discuss what implementing the GCM in NYC looks like, paying specific attention to gender dynamics in migration. The dialogue covers varied migrant groups and explores how GCM objectives and guiding principles can be upheld at the local level. The event will be accompanied by a showcase of migrant community initiatives in NYC and will result in a Guidance Note on localized and gendered experiences in migration within the framework of the GCM.

Organized by our partner organization Center for Migration, Gender and Justice , in collaboration with other local and international nonprofit organizations as an official UN side event of the International Migration Review Forum 2022.