Author: rbhuyan

MMP Report & Digital Stories Release

The Migrant Mothers Project (MMP) is pleased to release Unprotected, Unrecognized: Canadian Immigration Policy and Violence Against Women, 2008-2013 a report that examines how recent changes in immigration policy are negatively impacting immigrant women. The MMP is also launching, Till Immigration Tears Us Apart: Stories of Strength through Struggle, a collection of digital stories by migrant women and their advocates. The Migrant Mothers […]

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Constant State of Change

During the past two weeks, there have been several major shifts and changes in Canadian immigration policy. The Migrant Mothers Project team is still making sense of these changes, but wanted to illustrate some of the policies here at this time. Changes to the Live-In-Caregiver Program The long anticipated changes to the Live-in-Caregiver program were […]

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June 5th, National Symposium

On June 5, 2014, the Migrant Mothers Project (MMP) and Woman Abuse Council of Toronto are hosting a National Symposium to address how immigration policy changes are impacting immigrant women’s safety and rights. This full-day event will take place at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus at the George Ignatieff Theatre and Factor-Inwentash Faculty […]

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Digital Story Telling – May & June 2014

After much encouragement to create additional stories, The Migrant Mothers Project is collaborating with Springtide Resources to create additional Digital Stories with women who have precarious status and their service providers.  Starting in May 2014, we plan on creating six additional stories with women with precarious immigration status and service providers working with women with […]

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Our Collective Strength – Nov. 7, 2013 Community Event

On November 7th, 2013 the Migrant Mothers Project hosted “Our Collective Strength”, a community event to raise consciousness on the intersections of violence against women, precarious immigration status and human rights. This event was generously sponsored by the Women & Gender Studies Institute Community Knowledge Alliance initiative and took place in the William Doo Auditorium […]

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MMP Teams Up with the Survivor Voices Inclusion Project

The Survivor Voices Inclusion Project (SVIP) partnered with the Migrant Mothers Project to draw upon the expertise of women with precarious migratory status, towards improving anti-violence against women services. Participants of the workshop included women with precarious status who took part in  Nuestra Fortaleza (a solidarity group for and by Spanish speaking women), service providers […]

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A Space for Women

The following was written by Francisca Guerrero, a Chilean Journalist traveling in Canada. Franscisa was invited to take part in the final meeting of Nuestra Fortaleza, a solidarity group for women living with precarious immigration status in Canada. Women in the group expressed that they wanted their voices heard, their stories understood by others. With […]

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