Track: Special Session
Speakers:
- Holly Bartling, Director, Worker Justice and Dignity Fund
- Archi Pyati, Chief Executive Officer, Tahirih Justice Center
- Catalina Velasquez, Executive Director, Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)
- Gloria Altamirano, Director of Programs, Justice for Migrant Women
Moderator:
- Marissa Tirona, President, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)
Session Description:
Immigrant justice and gender justice are inherently related: both embrace a world in which everyone can thrive – regardless of how one’s gender identity, sexuality, and/or immigration status converge. Gender identity, sexual identity, and gender norms impact every aspect of migration, including the decision and ability to migrate (e.g., gender norms can dictate who stays and who goes) and the migration journey itself (e.g., gendered risks for violence while in transit, or mis-gendering in detention). Migrant women have been especially harmed by the global systems of oppression that inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, transform, and thrive.
In this session, you will learn about local, state, national, and transnational efforts to advance strategies that operate at the intersection of gender justice and immigrant justice.