human rights

Women's Human Rights Delegation to Alabama

In June 2011, a new immigration enforcement law went into effect in the state of Alabama. HB 56 is the harshest copycat version of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 in the United States. In response to this law, seventeen women leaders from various women, children advocacy, worker rights, immigrant rights, and human rights organizations around the country formed the We Belong Together initiative to Birmingham to bear witness to the impact of these laws on women and children. The delegation heard powerful and moving testimonies from women who have been affected by this draconian law.

Statement by the We Belong Together Women’s Delegation to Georgia for Immigrant Rights Atlanta, Georgia

September 29, 2011

We Belong Together delegation press conference

We are a diverse group of women leaders from around the country. We are activists, journalists, scholars, and advocates who work on behalf of women, workers, immigrants, children, survivors of violence, and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals. We have come to Georgia as part of the We Belong Together Delegation for Immigrant Rights in order to bear witness to the experiences of women and children in the aftermath of the passage of HB 87.

Women’s Delegation to Expose Human Rights Violations in the Wake of Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Bill HB 87

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2011
Contact: 

Dana Balicki, 202-422-8624
dana@danabalicki.com
Mariana Viturro, 585-330-4438
mariana@domesticworkers.org

US Families Torn Apart by Country’s Unjust Immigration Laws With Women & Children Carrying the Burden; Dehumanizing Laws Criminalize Working Families, Hurt Economy

A delegation of women leaders from over two dozen national human rights organizations - National Domestic Workers Alliance, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), Center for Reproductive Rights, Moms Rising, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, Feminist Majority and many others – are visiting Georgia this week (9/28-29) to highlight the growing national resistance to anti-immigrant laws.

Delegation to Arizona

Mothers and children share their stories about Arizona's SB1070

In May of 2010, a group of prominent women traveled to Arizona to investigate the effects of immigration enforcement, including Arizona's SB 1070 law and the federal "Secure Communities" program, on women, children and families.