European Network of Migrant Women

The European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) is a Brussels-based TERF group that portrays itself as a group working for migrant women, but that spends a lot of energy on participating in the culture war against trans people and that openly promotes anti-gender and far-right talking points. Interestingly, they were originally described as an organization working "in the spirit of ,"European Network of Migrant Women - ENoMW but at some point the group was hijacked by TERFs and became an increasingly extremist anti-trans organization. As a result, they have declared themselves to be part of the "gender-critical" (TERF) movement and are openly aligned with far-right extremist anti-trans group Women's Declaration International (WDI) as a "supporting organization."Supporting organizations A seemingly well-funded group active across several countries, they are a major player in the anti-trans echo chamber on social media, and collaborate with other well-known TERF groups such as WDI and FiLiA. On Twitter they often propagate the talking points of the British anti-trans movement. They have been described as a trans exclusionary group that "unequivocally supports and stands being J.K. Rowling’s position on sex and gender" and which publicly misgenders trans women.“Transphobia Will Not Be Tolerated”: AF3IRM’s Hidden Tolerance for Transmisogyny In 2024 the European Network of Migrant Women along with WDI, Women's Liberation Front and other TERF groups published an open letter attacking UN Women for "demonizing and vilifying women who know that men are not women, and never will be."Open Letter to UN Women
==Anti-trans activism==
On Twitter and other social media they are a significant player in the anti-gender and anti-trans landscape, and a significant amount of their content has very little to do with migrant women. Instead they frequently share material that stigmatize trans women, promote the talking points of the anti-trans right particularly in the United Kingdom, hero-worship J.K. RowlingThank you @jk_rowling . So many girls and women so desperately need examples of women, like you, who are not intimidated into silence. If only we had more women (and men) speak the truth. You inspire. 💜 by European Network of Migrant Women (10:10 AM - 28 Jun 2020) Twitter (archived from June 28, 2020). and share materials published by other prominent TERFs. The group also collaborates with Women's Declaration International (WDI) and other TERF groups, and has appeared in WDI's "Feminist Question Time.""Feminist Question Time," WDI
The group appears to be well-funded with a significant amount of activity across different countries including the UK, Belgium and France. Many of the activists appear to be British or French and not migrant women at all, echoing how the white leadership of Women's Declaration International created a "Black Women's Caucus" solely for the purpose of promoting transphobia in the name of black people. It has an affiliated group called "Radical Girlsss" that portrays itself as its "young women movement", and that also hero-worships Rowling for her anti-trans activism.Radical Girlsss Statement in Support of JK Rowling
In a telling statement posted by their official Twitter account, ENoMW accused – in conspiratorial language – Stonewall of being "gender theologians" and promoted the TERF talking point about diversity and respect for transgender people being "science denialism", while declaring themselves as part of the "gender-critical" (TERF) movement:
They have also promoted TERF memes comparing progressives to the Taliban,Statement by the European Network of Migrant Women and mocking inclusive language.Statement by the European Network of Migrant Women
 
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