European Network of Migrant Women

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The '''European Network of Migrant Women''' (ENoMW) is a [[far-right]], [[Transphobia|anti-transgender]] organization that presents itself as a "migrants' rights" group. Although it claims to focus on migrant women, it devotes significant attention to engaging in [[culture war]] rhetoric against trans people and promoting [[TERF]] ideology — often in contexts unrelated to migrants or women. It is a central actor in European [[anti-gender]] mobilizations.

Interestingly, they were originally described as an organization working "in the spirit of {{wpl|intersectional feminism}},"<ref>[http://www.womenlobby.org/European-Network-of-Migrant-Women-ENoMW European Network of Migrant Women - ENoMW]</ref> 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 [[TERF|"gender-critical" (TERF) movement]]<ref name=statement/> and are openly aligned with far-right extremist anti-trans group [[Women's Declaration International]] (WDI) as a "supporting organization."<ref>[https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/organizations/ Supporting organizations]</ref>

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 behind [[J.K. Rowling]]’s position on [[sex]] and [[gender]]" and which publicly [[Misgendering|misgenders]] [[trans women]].<ref name=purple>[https://purplerose0666.medium.com/transphobia-will-not-be-tolerated-af3irms-hidden-tolerance-for-transmisogyny-7104b46dd9ca “Transphobia Will Not Be Tolerated”: AF3IRM’s Hidden Tolerance for Transmisogyny]</ref> 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."<ref>[https://www.womenforwomensrights.org/open-letter-un-women/ Open Letter to UN Women]</ref> It is one of the founding members of [[Women's Platform for Action International]], a new international umbrella organization for the TERF movement that claims to oppose the "[[queer agenda]]," a "pro-gender movement" in academia and NGOs, and "non-legal and not agreed upon by the international community concepts of 'gender identity'."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250223085805/https://www.womensplatformforaction.org/who-we-are/ Who we are]</ref>

==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. Rowling<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200628171241/https://twitter.com/ENoMW/status/1277288279663140865 Thank 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).</ref> and share materials published by other prominent [[TERF]]s. The group also collaborates with [[Women's Declaration International]] (WDI) and other TERF groups, and has appeared in WDI's "Feminist Question Time."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k7TWu8di08&ab_channel=Women%27sDeclarationInternational%28WDI%29 "Feminist Question Time," WDI]</ref>

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.<ref>[https://medium.com/@radicalgirlsss/radical-girlsss-statement-in-support-of-jk-rowling-f5e5a5ac9922 Radical Girlsss Statement in Support of JK Rowling]</ref>

In a telling statement posted by their official [[Twitter]] account, ENoMW accused&nbsp;– in conspiratorial language&nbsp;– 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:

{{cquote|@Nancy_M_K why to reverse facts? We - “GC (gender critical) movement” - do not appose stereotypes (that @stonewalluk and @victor_madrigal promote globally)  for “theological reasons”, but because 1) outdated sexist ideas abt girls&boys are harmful 2) science denialism can be fatal 3) sex discrimination and women’s de facto equality matters . #FactsNotFiction

unlike gender theologians like yourself or UN Special Rapporteur on SOGI who promotes deeply regressive anti-human rights ideas about inborn gender aka feminine/masculine soul, akin to the fatwas issued by mullahs in Iran, we believe in reality, equality and progress|||European Network of Migrant Women<ref name=statement>[https://twitter.com/ENoMW/status/1633587780721819648 Statement by the European Network of Migrant Women]</ref>}}

They have also promoted TERF [[memes]] comparing progressives to the [[Taliban]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/ENoMW/status/1616856246170124289 Statement by the European Network of Migrant Women]</ref> and mocking inclusive language.<ref>[https://xcancel.com/ENoMW/status/1766871975895421150 Statement by the European Network of Migrant Women]</ref>

European Network of Migrant Women also often engages in trolling in comments fields, using its own institutional accounts. For example, when respected women's rights group Gender Five Plus posted a positive review of the acclaimed book ''Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation'' (2025) by Sophie Lewis, European Network of Migrant Women showed up in the comments, positioning itself as a voice of the TERF movement ("we"), calling the field of {{wpl|gender studies}} (referred to in quotation marks) a "neoliberal patriarchal bubble" and insulting Gender Five Plus' social media team. This hostility to knowledge and expertise, particularly gender studies, is [[TERF#Hostility to knowledge and expertise|typical of TERF and anti-gender discourse]].

{{cquote|why are you promoting anti women rhetorics ? TERFs are not a “reactionary ideology” - it is a slur given by male rights activists to the feminists with decades of work on prevention of male violence and discrimination against women and for women’s rights . We are a global grassroots movement who, unlike those who shape their positions by corporate funders and depend on male appeasement, defend the rights of girls and women not to be erased from law and practice, not to be reduced to stereotypes , objectified and exploited . It is shameful that G+5 has their social media managed by someone who without any knowledge on the history, roots and work of feminist movement, including the women who founded your organisation . You need to grow up , get out of your neoliberal patriarchal bubble of “gender studies” and actually start speaking with women .instead of promoting reactionary right wing nonsense.|||European Network of Migrant Women<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/gender5plus/posts/pfbid0MpmxujUkN3p5acfCmssRtPVGmRY7fbM2V5HnP7JqZbxYHReEKQPeaS6F5CStqEksl?comment_id=1991220985041858 Facebook comment by the European Network of Migrant Women]</ref>}}

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