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Gender and SOGIESC

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Report
20 February 2025

IOM Intersectional Gender Analysis Toolkit

This toolkit provides comprehensive guidance for International Organization for Migration (IOM) personnel to integrate intersectional gender analysis into their work. This toolkit outlines a structured framework and step-by-step process for conducting gender analysis, emphasizing the importance of understanding the multifaceted experiences and inequalities...
E-courses
20 February 2025

Introduction to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Crisis

This course provides a comprehensive overview of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in crisis settings, focusing on its causes, manifestations, and impacts. Participants will explore the intersection of GBV with humanitarian emergencies. Learners will gain practical skills to support survivors and advocate for gender-sensitive policies and programs. This course is...
Training Material
February 18, 2025

Migrant Women and Girls Toolbox

This toolbox aims to provide more tailored support to migrant women and girls who survived sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)The toolbox is designed for frontline professionals and practitioners involved in the reception and integration of migrant communities, particularly women and girls. It...
Report
12 February 2025

GBV Risk Reduction in Shelter Programmes – Three Case Studies

The report examines gender-based violence (GBV) risk reduction strategies in shelter programs through three case studies: the Benin Floods (2011), the Nepal Earthquake (2015), and Typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines (2015). Each case study highlights the context, challenges, and outcomes of implementing GBV risk reduction measures in emergency shelter...
Report
11 February 2025

Lineamientos y buenas prácticas en el procedimiento de reconocimiento de la condición de refugiadas en México, de mujeres sobrevivientes de violencia de género

La Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951 provee una definición internacionalmente aceptada de persona refugiada como aquella que: Se encuentra fuera de su país de origen/residencia habitual. No pueda o no quiera regresar a su país/avalarse de la protección de su país (elemento subjetivo: miedo de regresar). Debido a persecución o fundados...
Report
31 January 2025

Análisis de la violencia de género: mujeres solicitantes de protección internacional en México

El objetivo principal del presente reporte es reconocer los tipos de violencia de género a los que han sobrevivido mujeres migrantes o solicitantes de protección internacional provenientes principalmente del triángulo norte de Centroamérica que han sido atendidas por el Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración, AC (IMUMI). Identificamos aquí violencia de...
Position paper
17 January 2025

IOM Protection Framework

This document presents IOM's Protection Division Framework for its specialized protection work and aims to inform its activities globally. The IOM Protection Division is responsible for specialized protection interventions that aim to address protection risks by preventing or responding to actual or potential violations of rights defined by relevant...
Guideline
06 January 2025

Good Shelter Programming: Tools to reduce the Risk of GBV in Shelter Programmes

This toolkit is developed by the Global Shelter Cluster Working Group on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) risk reduction. It aims to support shelter program staff in mitigating GBV risks through improved shelter and settlement programming. It includes practical tools for assessment, risk mitigation, and response to GBV incidents. The toolkit emphasizes the...
Report
16 December 2024

Linkages Between Trafficking, Smuggling, Labour and Migration Policy Regimes: Socioeconomic Implications for Women Migrant Workers

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges faced by women migrant workers in several African countries, including Côte D’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia. It examines the legal and policy frameworks related to migration, anti-trafficking, anti-smuggling, and labor laws from a gender equality and women’s rights...
Report
16 December 2024

United Nations Agenda for Protection - Strengthening the Ability of the United Nations System to Protect People through their Human Rights

The United Nations (UN) stands for a world in which all human beings enjoy the full protection of their human rights without discrimination, ensuring no one is left unprotected. Protection entails addressing risks and harms threatening human life, liberty, and dignity by collaborating with diverse stakeholders to achieve tangible outcomes for vulnerable...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
16 December 2024

IOM Information Note on International Standards on the Protection of People with Diverse SOGIESC in the Context of Migration

The note addresses the compounded vulnerabilities faced by migrants with diverse SOGIESC. It details the discrimination and violence they encounter, such as physical and sexual abuse, lack of documentation, and inadequate access to essential services. The report also highlights the international human rights standards that protect these individuals...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
16 December 2024

IOM Information Note on International Standards on Alternatives to Detention and Immigration Detention

This information note outlines the legal principles and standards that govern the detention of migrants and the use of non-custodial alternatives. It emphasizes that detention should be a measure of last resort, applied only, when necessary, proportionate, and legally justified. The document highlights the importance of procedural safeguards, such as...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
16 December 2024

IOM Information Note on Access to Justice: A Migrant's Right

This information note emphasizes the importance of ensuring that migrants, regardless of their legal status, have meaningful access to justice. It outlines the general principles of access to justice, including non-discrimination, equal and effective access to tribunals, fair proceedings, and the right to an effective remedy. The document highlights the...
Training Material
November 01, 2024

Creating safe(r) spaces for LGBTQI+ people with a migrant background

This toolbox aims at creating safe(r) spaces for people with a migrant background who identify as LGBTQI+. This toolbox has been developed to help bridge a gap between LGBTQI+ people with a migrant background and frontline services in urban contexts. The different sections of the toolbox have been...
Report
07 October 2024

Immigration Detention and Alternatives to Detention in Asia and the Pacific

This report presents the findings of a comprehensive study on immigration detention and alternatives to detention (ATD) across 19 countries within the five sub-regions of the Asia-Pacific: East and Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South and Southwest Asia, North and Central Asia, and the Pacific. Across the Asia-Pacific region, there is widespread use of...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
24 September 2024

Information Note on International Standards on Alternatives to Detention and Immigration Detention

This Information Note is designed to serve as a resource for practitioners dealing with migration detention and non-custodial alternatives to detention (ATDs). It aims to acquaint them with the relevant international instruments and standards that States are required to uphold in this field. The purpose of this Information Note is to provide an overview of...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
16 September 2024

Protection Advocacy Brief: IOM Sudan Crisis Response

Since April 2023, people in Sudan continue to face all forms of protection concerns and a worsening protection crisis, with women, girls, men and boys in situations of vulnerability experiencing the worst consequences. Approximately 2.3 million people have fled to neighbouring countries namely, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and...