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Women lead. Women take action. Women support other women. We are a collective of women who have combined our skills and passion about making the world right to support other women.
Our current focus is on addressing the human rights atrocities impacting migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing individuals, in border detention centers and in other custody of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border Protection). Women and children make up more than half of the migrants entering the U.S. as refugees seeking asylum. Violence against women and economic insecurity are “push” factors, driving many women and girls from their home countries to U.S. borders seeking safety. These conditions, and others like the climate crisis, have direct links to the actions of the United States corporations, government policies and military actions. Instead of working to solve these problems and creating access to support these women, the U.S. has developed “zero tolerance” immigration policies that criminalize poor women, girls and other menstruating and birthing individuals and victims of violence, detaining them indefinitely in inhumane conditions in immigration detention centers. This is both a violation of multiple U.N. Conventions, treaties and norms, and of our own laws protecting women.
Migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people, in U.S. immigration detention are prevented from accessing reproductive health services, menstrual hygiene products, maternity care and experience alarming rates of sexual assault at the hands of detention staff. The women of Women Lead Network, as members of the U.S. Human Rights Network, have been engaged in advocacy with the United Nations ambassadors and permanent missions to hold the U.S. accountable for these violations at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism used by the international community to enforce international norms to protect human rights.
We are raising funds to travel to Geneva in May of 2020, as part of a delegation from the U.S. Human Rights Network, to advocate on behalf of migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people during the Universal Periodic Review of the United States. Our team will participate as part of a delegation of the U.S. Human Rights Network, and will meet directly with members of the UN, to call attention to these issues and request the UN Human Rights Council hold the U.S. accountable for these violations in a public, international forum.
Accountability is critical to our integrity. While the U.S. engages in “humanitarian work” around the world, we have allowed these harms to continue in our own country. Your support will help us be a voice of accountability to ensure that the international community is aware of the experiences of these migrant women, girls and other menstruating people in detention and their treatment. Any support is welcome. Thank you for considering supporting our work.
Women lead. Women take action. Women support other women. We are a collective of women who have combined our skills and passion about making the world right to support other women.
Our current focus is on addressing the human rights atrocities impacting migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing individuals, in border detention centers and in other custody of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border Protection). Women and children make up more than half of the migrants entering the U.S. as refugees seeking asylum. Violence against women and economic insecurity are “push” factors, driving many women and girls from their home countries to U.S. borders seeking safety. These conditions, and others like the climate crisis, have direct links to the actions of the United States corporations, government policies and military actions. Instead of working to solve these problems and creating access to support these women, the U.S. has developed “zero tolerance” immigration policies that criminalize poor women, girls and other menstruating and birthing individuals and victims of violence, detaining them indefinitely in inhumane conditions in immigration detention centers. This is both a violation of multiple U.N. Conventions, treaties and norms, and of our own laws protecting women.
Migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people, in U.S. immigration detention are prevented from accessing reproductive health services, menstrual hygiene products, maternity care and experience alarming rates of sexual assault at the hands of detention staff. The women of Women Lead Network, as members of the U.S. Human Rights Network, have been engaged in advocacy with the United Nations ambassadors and permanent missions to hold the U.S. accountable for these violations at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism used by the international community to enforce international norms to protect human rights.
We are raising funds to travel to Geneva in May of 2020 to advocate on behalf of migrant women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people during the Universal Periodic Review of the United States. Our team will participate as part of a delegation of the U.S. Human Rights Network, and will meet directly with members of the UN, to call attention to these issues and request the UN Human Rights Council hold the U.S. accountable for these violations in a public, international forum.
Accountability is critical to our integrity. While the U.S. engages in “humanitarian work” around the world, we have allowed these harms to continue in our own country. Your support will help us be a voice of accountability to ensure that the international community is aware of the experiences of these migrant women, girls and other menstruating people in detention and their treatment. Any support is welcome. Thank you for considering supporting our work.