Immigration

April 12, 2013

Photo on right: Many of us who participated in the rally waved signs that read, "Immigration Reform Is Central to Women's Equality." The amazing artwork on the signs is by Favianna Rodriguez . Washington, D.C. -- MomsRising.org has long advocated for the needs and dignity of all women, children and...

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Elisa Batista

Immigration

April 11, 2013

Women comprise only 18 percent of Congress. Women comprise 0 percent of the "Gang of Eight" Senators who are drafting immigration reform policy right now. Yet, over 50 percent of all immigrants are women ; and if you add children, then that group accounts for two-thirds of all immigrants to our...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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Sayu Bhojwani

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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Miriam Yeung

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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Valentina Stackl

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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Jessica Barba Brown

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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,...

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Pramila Jayapal

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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Madeline Shepherd

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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 and...

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Kety Esquivel

Immigration

April 10, 2013

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...

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