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Newcomer women in Canada often face loneliness, struggling to form social networks Loneliness has become prevalent, impacting 45.9% of Canadians. Newcomer women in Canada face challenges https://zurl.co/QzQu  in forming social networks, affecting their employment, earnings, and health. The ideal network size varies per individual, but immigrant women often have smaller networks. Those who have been in Canada for six or more years, are married, unemployed, or arrived at ages 15-24 face particular challenges. However, Black women, refugees, or those not speaking an official language are at the highest risk. The data shows significant employment, education, and income gaps between immigrant men and women due to gender roles and inequalities. Contact Solutions Line Immigration for more! Call us at +1 289 637 1287 email us at [email protected] #canadaimmigration #canada #immigration #visit #visitcanada #canadapr #canadavisa #toronto  #immigrationlawyer #visa #Immigrant_women, #loneliness, #statistics_Canada, #statistics

The population of adult men grew 3.4 per cent over the past year, while women rose 2.9 per cent, making the spread between the growth of the two groups the widest in nearly 50 years of records, according to an analysis by Doug Porter, chief economist at Bank of Montreal. The gap is even larger in the 25-to-44 age group, in which men have seen a 4.8 per cent jump and women a 3.9 per cent increase. There are 141,000 more men than women in this age bracket as of January, compared with a long-run average difference of zero. #immigration #immigrationcanada

💫 We'd love to chat! We're keen to have conversations with small and large business to understand; Why do businesses need to create a welcoming work environment for refugee women? What motivates them to support or get involved in initiatives to support refugees into the workplace? And how can Routes support businesses to create new employment opportunities for women from refugee backgrounds? Get in touch to chat with Roula: https://lnkd.in/eMx-JgBd These questions are coming straight from our Route To Employment project -  a research based project, as part of Routes, that aims to understand and analyse the problem of unemployment rate in the women refugee community in London. As part of the research we've run co-production workshops with lived experience women, a survey and individual calls with partner organisations. The goal was to identify the barriers and challenges that women are facing to design a pilot project that addresses some of these findings. We would love to speak to businesses from your network. If you know any business who would be interested in talking to us, please share this post with your network to reach out for more people! #welcome #empowerment #employment #work #socialimpact #dei #edi

As we approach International Women's Day, it's important to recognize the resilience, ambition, and unique challenges experienced by skilled immigrant women.   In anticipation of this significant day, we are thrilled to share insights from the research report conducted by JVS Toronto in 2023. “Breaking Barriers and Empowering Change: Unveiling the Triumphs, Challenges, and Identity Struggles of Skilled Immigrant Women in Pursuit of Employment,” delves into the narratives of women-identified participants of the Canada InfoNet program. As shown below, many participants reported experiencing a lack of Canadian work experience and adjusting to Canadian culture among others as significant barriers to finding work after arriving in Canada. https://lnkd.in/ghNuVqCP   The report recommends that while settlement and employment services exist for immigrants in Canada, adopting a gendered perspective could enhance support for women immigrants. It highlights the importance of recognizing that mothers who often bear childcare responsibilities require tailored assistance. Integrating settlement, employment, and daycare services into comprehensive programs could simplify their immigration and employment integration.   Stay tuned as we share immigrant experiences and celebrate the achievements of skilled immigrant women.   #iwd2024 #investinwomen

🌟 Let's Invest in the Future: Empowering Refugee Women Economically 🌟 In a world brimming with talent, the potential of refugee women remains vastly untapped. These women are not just survivors; they are resilient fighters, innovative thinkers, and the backbone of their communities. Yet, despite their undeniable strength and resilience, they face unparalleled barriers to economic empowerment and independence. Why invest in the economic empowerment of refugee women? The answer is clear: Empowerment Equals Economic Growth: Empowering refugee women stimulates economic growth. When women enter the workforce, they invest back into their families and communities, creating a ripple effect of development and prosperity. Innovation and Diversification: Diverse workforces drive innovation. Refugee women bring unique perspectives, skills, and resilience to the table, enriching our businesses and communities. Social Stability: Economic independence for refugee women leads to more stable, resilient communities. It's not just an investment in individuals but in the foundation of society. Yet, this is not merely a call to action; it's a call to transformation. Investing in refugee women's economic empowerment isn't just about providing jobs or skills training. It's about creating inclusive systems that recognize and harness their potential, about breaking down the barriers that hold them back, and about recognizing the immense value they bring to our global economy. We stand at a pivotal moment to make a real difference. Whether you're a business leader, a policymaker, an entrepreneur, or an individual with a vision for a more inclusive world, your support can light the path toward empowerment and equality. Let's collaborate to create opportunities that uplift refugee women, fostering environments where they can thrive, lead, and inspire. The time to act is now. Let's invest in their futures, our economies, and the global community. #EconomicEmpowerment #RefugeeSupport #WomenEmpowerment #InclusiveGrowth #SocialImpact

On July 13th, 2024, Alyssa Ahrabare represented the European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) at the European Left's Summer University. The discussion focused on the unique challenges migrant women face in the EU and the need to shift from a "security" approach to one that upholds human dignity and rights. 🔍 The new European framework on migration inadequately addresses the needs of migrant women, leaving them often invisible and unprotected. They face two-fold discrimination, with precarious part-time work, short-term contracts, and lower employment rates (~45% for refugee women vs. 62% for men). Overqualification and deskilling are common. 🔍 Barriers include administrative hurdles, language barriers, and discrimination. Spouses under family reunification wait up to a year to work, leading to dependency and skill loss. Childcare access and costs are significant obstacles. Migrant women, particularly in the care sector and informal economy, face exploitation and lack social protection. Economic dependency increases their vulnerability to violence and exploitation. ✊ To address these issues, we need to legislate minimum working conditions, reform family migration policies, ensure confidentiality between social services and migration authorities, implement maternity leave rights, and facilitate skill certification. Harmonizing data collection will improve policy effectiveness. Migrant women are integral to our societies and economies. We must fully apply employment regulations, provide renewable permits, create pathways to residency, and protect their freedom of association.

Today is International Migrants Day, a day to recognize the contributions of millions of people on the move, including families, workers and children. And to value the resources they bring and reducing the challenges they face. From a policy point of view, it is vital to invest in actions that improve employment positions and reduce labour market inequalities. 👇 Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH) #migrants

💼 In Belgium, 14.6 % of non-EU immigrant women with higher education, are unemployed and looking for work, compared to just 1.9% of Belgian women. This disparity becomes even more pronounced when comparing non-EU immigrant women with lower education, where the unemployment rate rises to 17,6%. These statistics underscore the challenges and marginalization that migrant women face in the Belgian labour market. Many find themselves underemployed, working below their educational qualifications, while also dealing with the daily realities of racism, discrimination and sexism. ✨As we celebrate International Women’s Day, the Displaced Talent for Europe (DT4E) team wants to take a moment to reflect on the untapped potential of labour market integration and labour mobility pathways for migrants and displaced women. We celebrate the resilience of migrant women, who often make important sacrifices in their journey towards better opportunities. ✊   DT4E, therefore, stands committed to empowering talents of all genders, championing their skills and facilitating pathways towards a brighter and more secure future for all. 👩⚕️💪   #DT4E #IOM #Mythbusting #Migration #Migrantworkers #Complementarypathways #InternationalWomensDay #Equality Sources: MO Magazine, 24 April, 2019; The Brussels Times, 25 May, 2022 and VRT News 26 May, 2018

Today is International Migrants Day, a day to recognize the contributions of millions of people on the move, including families, workers, children and many more. Migrants are often powerful drivers in bridging their home countries with their new work and living context, exchanging their skills, knowledge and experience in both directions. Employment and family policies need to value those resources by taking actions to improve employment positions and to reduce inequalities on the labour market.   Our colleagues Julie Maes, Jonas Wood & Karel Neels  published an article on the employment trajectories of second-generation migrant women. Using longitudinal data and fixed-effects models, they show that second-generation migrant women generally have a lower pre-birth labour market attachment than native women, which accounts for the frequently observed migrant-native differentials in maternal employment in previous studies. From a policy point of view, it is vital to invest in improving employment positions of migrant origin women by tackling inequalities prior to childbearing to avoid unemployment and inactivity traps after motherhood. In addition, precarious pre-birth employment positions of migrant origin women appear to be reinforced by family policies that primarily support women who are firmly established in the labour market. Universal access to flexible family policies is therefore likely to support migrant origin women with a low labour market attachment to combine motherhood with spells of employment. More details 👉 https://lnkd.in/eh2KbFkm

This is a great article about racialized and gendered work. "In the context of COVID-19, many of these jobs, which are concentrated in feminized sectors, were re-designated as "essential". This shift, however, has largely been rhetorical, with only nominal improvements made to working conditions and wages. Consequently, the feminized and devalued character of these labour sectors has persisted." In my Master's thesis, I wrote about Indo-Trinidadian women engaged in survival work and how it impacted their long term social mobility. Both this article and my thesis reminds me of Marx's concept of reserve army of labour, which refers to the pool of unemployed or underemployed workers who can be tapped into during times of economic expansion [and here a global pandemic], exerting downward pressure on wages and providing a buffer for capitalists to maintain control over the workforce. Essential work is most often gendered work....