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Female Immigrants, Younger and Older, Help Keep All Families Healthier

By Lisa Skemp ● Commentary ● March 6, 2017

Whether it’s working as a personal care aide or helping to look after their own families, we must recognize the valuable role immigrants play as caretakers as the heated debate around immigration policies continues.

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A rally for immigration reform in Washington, D.C.

Families Fractured by Immigration Need Reform, Regrouping More Than Ever

By Luna Ranjit ● Commentary ● June 29, 2016

In his remaining months in office Obama is unlikely to remedy the setback the U.S. Supreme Court recently inflicted on millions of Americans and their immigrant families. But the fight isn’t over.

Aging Immigrants Often Work as Unpaid Caretakers

By Sharon Johnson ● Arts & Culture ● July 6, 2015

If you reach retirement age without any Social Security checks to keep you going, it often means you just keep on doing the same unpaid or low-wage work. “These women are an invisible population,” says the leader of an advocacy group.

Filipino Families Struggle With Motherhood Exodus

By Iris Gonzoles ● Politics ● March 17, 2015

Being both mother and father to the children is difficult, says an unemployed man whose wife works as a domestic helper in Dubai. The feminization of migration leaves more families affected by what one researcher calls the commodification of motherhood.

French Muslims Confront Menace Beneath Ban of Veil

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 27, 2014

For generations France made little effort to include newcomers from its former colonies in North Africa, say critics. Now, two recent bans against religious veiling put French Muslim girls and women at the center of the country’s simmering immigration debate.

Female Photographers Adjust Turkey’s Viewfinder

By Catherine Tsalikis & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● August 6, 2014

With their cameras and their galleries, women are helping to build appreciation for a still-marginal art form in Turkey. Along the way, they are also bringing visibility to women’s issues and history.

Influx of Syrian Women Frays Turkey’s Welcome Mat

By Léa Bouchoucha ● Politics ● July 21, 2014

As official “guests” in Turkey women trained as pharmacists and lawyers cannot find comparable employment. For less-educated, rural women, the conditions can be deplorable.

Kurdish Women in Turkey Weigh Presidential Stakes

By Catherine Tsalikis & Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● July 14, 2014

For these urban transplants, the symbolic candidate Selahattin Demirtas is best. But Erdogan is also courting them with the possibility of a ceasefire and peace.

Immigration Raids Spawn Organized Push-Back

By Elizabeth Kuhr ● Politics ● July 3, 2014

Migrant advocates are trying to counter what they see as an uptick in raids and deportations that break up families and leave women with particular burdens.

Broken Immigration System Failing Women, Children

By Andrea Cristina Mercado ● Uncategorized ● June 11, 2014

From the deportation of family members to a backlog of family visas, immigrant women are being disproportionately impacted by the U.S. system. Now is the time to push Congress and President Obama for change that assists women and children.