Gender-Responsiveness and Migrant-Inclusion in Policy:
Our Gender-Migration Index (GMI) is a policy guidance tool that centers lived experiences of women, girl, LGBTQIA+, and gender diverse migrants by strengthening civil society engagement in international review processes.
The index is based on an indicator system that ensures gender-responsiveness and migrant-inclusion in benchmarking policy, particularly in regards to monitoring and evaluation.
Through a multi-stakeholder approach, the GMI shrinks spaces between migrant communities and governing bodies and promotes dialogue and information-sharing by facilitating feedback and consultation mechanisms.
Learn more about the Gender-Migration Index (GMI)
Find out how the Gender-Migration Index (GMI) works and why it is important in this IOM Lunchtime Seminar by the Developer and Principal Investigator of the guidance tool, our Founder and Executive Director,
Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi.
Strengthening Civil Society Engagement:
The Gender-Migration Index (GMI) is premised on participatory action research through collaborative inquiry into gender-responsiveness and migrant-inclusion in policy planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation with corresponding engagement in international review processes.
In line with principles of participatory action research, the GMI emphasizes participation and action by members of communities affected by the research - and policy - namely migrant communities and organizations working with migrant communities.
Based on a paradigm to democratize knowledge production in policy and to center migrants’ lived experiences therein, the GMI’s premise on participatory action research reflects our vision of gender justice beyond borders and our mission of shrinking spaces between migrant communities and governing bodies.
Want to join us in ensuring gender-responsiveness and migrant-inclusion in policy planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation? Contact us for a GMI Partner Training.
GMI Features: 2023
In 2023, we presented the GMI at various United Nations
high-level conferences and meetings, and used the GMI in
numerous international review processes for reports on
CEDAW and the Global Refugee Forum, for example.
Find a selection of publications below.
2023 CMGJ + IOM “Gender-Migration Index”
2023 CMGJ CEDAW Report “Germany”
2023 CMGJ CEDAW Input “Migration, Gender, and Political Engagement”
In 2023, we also trained four GMI partners and fifteen
GMI Researchers. We regularly offer these trainings
upon request and as part of existing collaborations and
our Youth Engagement Academy.
GMI Features: 2022
Upon launching the GMI, we presented the guidance tool
at various United Nations high-level conferences and
meetings such as the United Nations SDG Learning and
Practice Session.
In 2020, we launched the GMI in the context of the
First United Nations International Migration Review Forum.
As part of the launch, we used the GMI in our analysis of
Voluntary National Reviews on the implementation of the
Global Compact for Migration.
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