Immigration
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Sayu Bhojwani
Within the current debate on immigration reform, an organized movement of women’s voices has emerged to uplift the significance of women to our economy, democracy and communities. As an immigrant woman, whose personal and professional experiences are deeply informed by immigration, I believe citizenship and civic engagement are twin pillars of a strong democracy. My [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Miriam Yeung
Remember that scene in Back to the Future when Marty McFly discovers that he and his siblings are fading out of a family photograph? That’s the exact feeling I have when I follow the news about immigration policy reform efforts that would eliminate family visas. First, let’s flash back, like Marty McFly did to the [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Valentina Stackl
Photo caption: A farmworker woman picking grapes. Many farmworker women cover their faces to protect themselves from pesticides while they work. Farmworker women also use bandanas on the job to cover their faces and bodies in an attempt to ward off unwanted sexual attention that often leads to rape. Farmworkers carry the weight of the [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Jessica Barba Brown
As a Catholic, my commitment to justice and dignity for immigrant women is rooted not only in Scripture, but also in experience. My church, the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington, DC, holds Masses in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Haitian Creole. Women from diverse walks of life are the lifeblood of the parish: organizing [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Pramila Jayapal
This article originally appeared in Colorlines and was re-published here with the author’s permission. If you’ve been following the current debate and news coverage, you probably think that immigration reform is mainly about men—the undocumented males scaling border walls, working in agriculture, doing construction work and writing code. And when you do see women, they [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Madeline Shepherd
A few weeks ago, almost 400 women from across the country headed to Capitol Hill as part of their participation in the National Council of Jewish Women’s (NCJW) policy conference. And in more than 150 visits, comprehensive immigration reform was one of the key issues discussed with congressional offices. Over the course of the weekend, [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Kety Esquivel
In February of 1971, at the age of twenty-one my mother arrived from Guatemala to the United States. She was a teacher in her country of birth and brought those skills to her new home in the United States. Like many immigrants who came before her, she saw this country as the land of opportunity [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Bao Tram
Photo courtesy of Upwardly Global. When Munara left her home and sought asylum in the US, she thought that she would find opportunities that had been denied to her in Kyrgyzstan because she was a woman. Instead, she struggled to find professional employment — despite having a master’s degree and experience as the head of the [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Linda Meric
Photo by Cindia Cameron, 9to5 Immigrants come to the U. S. today for the same reason immigrants have always come here – for the promise of freedom and a better life that is America. We have built our country on the belief that we achieve greatness as a nation when all of us have a [...]
Posted April 10th, 2013 by Caroline Dobuzinskis
This article originally appeared in the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Baby Boomers, estimated at nearly 80 million in the United States, began turning 65 in 2011.By 2020, the population of older adults is expected to grow to 55 million from 40.4 million in 2010. As more women enter the labor force and fewer are able to [...]
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