European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW)

What European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) does

European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW), founded in 2012 and headquartered at Rue du Meridien 10, Brussels, Belgium, is a feminist secular migrant-women-led platform that advocates for the rights, freedoms and dignity of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority women and girls in Europe. The organization operates as a membership-based network comprising over 50 grassroots and advocacy groups across more than 20 European countries, with membership ranging from grassroots service providers to NGOs focused on advocacy and research. Its primary activities span policy advocacy, capacity-building, access to rights and justice, self-representation, and promoting democratic and civic participation for migrant women.

ENOMW's product portfolio consists of two core platforms and a stream of EU-funded projects. The RIZA Platform is positioned as a tool for building European democracy with women of migrant descent, while the Women's Rights Case Law Database (womensrightsdatabase.eu) builds capacity among legal practitioners handling migrant women's rights cases. Project portfolio includes FULFIL (legal capacity building and strategic litigation), AGENCY/VOTE WITH HER (political participation for 2024 EU elections), MOTERIS (protecting civic space), INSPIRE (rural empowerment), CONSOLIDATE (urban integration), WorldPlaces (labor market inclusion), SMART Volunteering (labor integration via volunteering), CCM-GBV (gender-based violence counselling), FORUM (anti-stigmatization), and HumMingBird (Horizon 2020 migration research). No proprietary technology, AI capabilities, or software development is disclosed.

The organization's revenue model is entirely grant-based, with funding sourced from EU institutional programmes including Horizon 2020, the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the CERV Fund, the Rights Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020), and Erasmus+, supplemented by private foundation support from Women Forward International. ENOMW operates 14 staff members and engages EU institutions through policy papers, statements, campaigns, and direct engagement with the European Parliament, Commission, and Council of Europe. Distribution occurs through membership programs (full and supporting), volunteer engagement, and donations rather than commercial channels.

Name

European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW)

Legal name

European Network of Migrant Women

Website

https://migrantwomennetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

European Network of Migrant Women is a Brussels-based feminist advocacy network founded in 2012 that advocates for the rights of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority women and girls across more than 20 European countries through a coalition of over 50 member organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil society advocacy and human rights network services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI)

Keywords

• Migrant women advocacy
• Human rights network
• Gender equality policy
• Refugee integration support
• Feminist civil society

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. EU Research and Innovation Funding: ENOMW receives funding from EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme for research projects studying migration patterns and flows.
2. EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF): Project-based funding from the European Union's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund supporting labor integration and volunteering programs for migrant women.
3. EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme: Funding from the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) supporting projects on gender-based violence and fundamental rights of migrant women.
4. EU CERV Fund: EU CERV Fund supporting the FULFIL project focused on capacity building of legal professionals and strategic litigation for migrant women's rights.
5. Erasmus+ Programme: EU Erasmus+ funding supporting arts education and training programmes that embed women's rights perspective in migrant and refugee contexts.
6. Private Foundation Funding: Support from Women Forward International for projects enhancing political participation of young migrant and refugee women.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ENOMW is a migrant-women-led feminist advocacy network that coordinates a pan-European platform of NGOs, grassroots groups, and individual migrant feminists to defend the rights, freedoms, and dignity of migrant, refugee, and ethnic minority women and girls. Its core operational offerings are policy advocacy and capacity-building projects funded by EU programmes (Horizon 2020, AMIF, REC/CERV, Erasmus+), delivered through sub-brand resources such as the RIZA civic engagement platform and the Women's Rights Case Law Database for legal practitioners.

Product overview

European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) is not a commercial technology product company but rather a feminist advocacy network. Their portfolio consists primarily of advocacy projects and initiatives focused on migrant women's rights, political participation, anti-trafficking, gender-based violence prevention, labor integration, and digital empowerment. Core offerings include the Women's Rights Case Law Database (a resource for legal practitioners), the RIZA Platform for civic engagement, and numerous EU-funded projects addressing topics from volunteering integration to arts-based education. The organization functions as a platform connecting grassroots organizations, not as a product-based technology company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RIZA Platform: Platform for building European democracy with women of migrant descent
• Women's Rights Case Law Database

Products and services

• RIZA Platform Civic engagement platform for women of migrant descent that supports political participation, civic engagement, and the building of European democracy. Targeted at migrant women across ENOMW's network.
• Women's Rights Case Law Database Online case-law database designed to build the capacity of legal practitioners in Europe to ensure migrant women's rights through accessible jurisprudence. Targeted at lawyers, legal-aid attorneys, and legal organizations working on migrant women's rights cases.
• FULFIL Project EU CERV-funded project focused on protecting and promoting fundamental rights of migrant women in Europe by building legal-professional capacity in strategic litigation and developing a case-law database. Targeted at legal practitioners, migrant women, and member NGOs.
• AGENCY / VOTE WITH HER Project Pan-European project increasing the political participation of women with migrant backgrounds in the European Parliament elections through training and PHOTOVOICE documentary photography methodology. Targeted at migrant women across 14 EU member states.
• WorldPlaces Project First EU network bringing together migrant women accessing new job markets and those already in the workforce, scaling good practices for inclusive labour markets for low-formally skilled refugees and migrant women. Targeted at migrant women seeking labour-market integration.
• SMART Volunteering for Female Migrants Project EU AMIF-funded project taking a multi-stakeholder approach to labour integration of migrant women through structured volunteering as a path to employment. Targeted at migrant women, volunteer organizations, and labour-market stakeholders across EU member states.
• CCM-GBV Project (Co-creating a Counselling Method for GBV victims) EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme-funded project co-creating a user-experience-based counselling method for refugee women victims of gender-based violence, implemented with refugee councils and counselling specialists in multiple EU member states.
• FORUM Project (Combatting Stigmatisation of Migrants and Refugees) Research and intercultural-dialogue project coordinated by the University of Granada that combats stigmatisation of migrants and refugees, with a particular focus on women and girls, and raises knowledge about EU policies.
• HumMingBird Project Horizon 2020-funded research project coordinated by the University of Leuven that improves understanding of the changing nature of migration flows, drivers, patterns, and future trends. Targeted at EU policymakers, researchers, and civil-society stakeholders.
• Get Close to Opera Project Erasmus+ project embedding women's rights and equality perspectives into arts education methods, using opera as the delivery artform for migrant and refugee women.
• Enhancing Participation of Young Migrant and Refugee Women Project Collaborative project with Sciences Po University dedicated to building political participation and leadership of young migrant and refugee women, including research documenting obstacles to participation. Supported by Women Forward International.
• MUMS AT WORK Project Project supporting migrant mothers' labour integration through targeted training and employment-support measures. Targeted at migrant mothers seeking labour-market entry.
• RIDE Project (Digital Empowerment for Migrant Women) Project providing digital-skills training and empowerment for migrant women to support their labour-market participation and civic engagement.
• COALESCE Project Project providing psycho-social and labour-market support for migrant female victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
• TEACH DIGITAL Project Project supporting migrant women through structured digital-education programmes to build digital literacy and labour-market readiness.
• ASSIST Project Project under the EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme supporting female victims of sex trafficking through rights-based assistance, advocacy, and service coordination.
• MOTERIS Project (Protecting the civic space of women and girls) Project focused on protecting the civic space of women and girls, including a coalition call by over 200 women's rights organisations for dedicated EU funding for women's rights.
• INSPIRE Project Smart Village Labs Project focused on empowering migrant women across Europe, structured around the Smart Village Labs model.
• CONSOLIDATE: Integrating Cities Project Project focused on the integration of migrant women in European cities, working with municipal stakeholders on inclusive urban integration measures.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

38 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• femLENScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2023Collaboration on the AGENCY project (VOTE WITH HER) focused on increasing political participation of women with migrant backgrounds in the 2024 European Parliament elections. femLENS provides photovoice methodology and documentary photography training.
• Akidwa (Ireland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and project partner in the AGENCY project. Akidwa works on behalf of migrant women in Ireland.
• MONIKA (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization participating in the AGENCY project. Based in Finland.
• Olympe (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and project partner in both AGENCY and FULFIL projects. Association working on women's rights in France.
• MIGS - Mediterranean Institute on Gender Studies (Cyprus)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner based in Cyprus.
• Ukrainian Women Union (Greece)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner supporting Ukrainian women in Greece.
• Oasis (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner based in Belgium.
• Por ti Mujer (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner based in Spain.
• European Organisation for Integration (Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner based in Germany.
• Afghan Women Organisation (Sweden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and AGENCY project partner supporting Afghan women in Sweden.
• Iroko (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member organization and partner in both AGENCY and FULFIL projects. Association supporting migrants and refugees in Italy.
• Progetto Quid (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead organization of the WorldPlaces project, which aims to scale good practices for inclusive labor markets for low-formal skilled refugees and migrant women. ENOMW is a project partner.
• Olympe Association (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFULFIL project partner working on protecting and promoting fundamental rights of migrant women in Europe.
• Iroko Onlus (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFULFIL project partner providing expertise on migrant rights in Italy.
• Association against Femicide (Portugal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFULFIL project partner working on strategic litigation for migrant women's rights in Portugal.
• Artemis (France)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal firm partner in the FULFIL project providing expertise in strategic litigation on migrant women's rights cases.
• Parolin Law Firm (Italy)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal firm partner in the FULFIL project providing legal expertise on migrant women's rights in Italy.
• European Women's Lawyers Association (EWLA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the FULFIL project providing network and expertise of women lawyers across Europe for strategic litigation capacity building.
• Elan (France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project focused on multi-stakeholder approach to labor integration of migrant women.
• Inova (UK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project.
• Incoma (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project.
• MateraHub (Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project hosting training activities.
• Cardet (Cyprus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project.
• Programma Integra (Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project.
• Chamber of Commerce of Seville (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in the SMART Volunteering project providing business engagement.
• University of Granada (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of the FORUM project. Leads research on combating stigmatization of migrants and refugees with focus on women's situation through intercultural dialogues.
• Forum Femmes Mediterranean (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member and FORUM project partner focusing on women's rights in the Mediterranean region.
• La Fate Onlus (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENOMW member and FORUM project partner based in Italy.
• University of Leuven (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of the HumMingBird project funded by Horizon 2020. ENOMW is a project partner studying changing nature of migration flows and drivers of migration.
• SOLWODI Deutschland e.V. (Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject coordinator of the CCM-GBV counselling method project for refugee women gender-based violence victims. Partnership on co-creating counselling methodology.
• Italian Refugee Council (CIR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCM-GBV project partner working with GBV victims in Italy.
• G.I.R.A.F.F.A. onlus (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCM-GBV project partner in Italy.
• Greek Refugee Council (GCR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCM-GBV project partner working with GBV victims in Greece.
• Cyprus Refugee Council (CY.R.C.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCM-GBV project partner working with GBV victims in Cyprus.
• Jesuit Refugee Service (Croatia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCM-GBV project partner providing support to GBV victims in Croatia.
• HEUNI - European Regional Institute (Finland)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCCM-GBV project partner providing expertise in monitoring and evaluating data on vulnerable people.
• Science Po University (Paris, France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint collaboration on research documenting obstacles faced by young migrant women in political participation. Led by ENOMW's Radical Girlsss young women's group.
• European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)coreOthersHost venue for ENOMW's SMART Volunteering final conference, demonstrating institutional support for migrant women's labor integration advocacy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• European Women's Lobby: Largest umbrella network of women's organizations in the EU, based in Brussels. Shares ENOMW's gender-focused advocacy and EU policy engagement but operates at much broader scale covering all women rather than the migrant women niche.
• International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD): Vienna-based intergovernmental organization coordinating migration policy research and capacity-building across Europe. Shares ENOMW's EU-funded project model and AMIF programme engagement, but at intergovernmental rather than civil-society scale.
• Human Rights Watch (EU Office): Global human rights organization with EU-facing advocacy from Brussels. Shares ENOMW's research-driven, EU-policy engagement model on fundamental rights, but operates at much larger scale with broader geographic scope.
• Amnesty International EU Office: Brussels-based EU advocacy office of a globally recognized human rights organization. Operates with EU institutional access and grant/funding-driven sustainability comparable to ENOMW, but with much broader mandate and significantly greater resources.

Direct peers

• SOLWODI (Solidarity with Women in Distress): SOLWODI Deutschland is ENOMW's direct project partner on the CCM-GBV counselling method project. Comparable as a migrant women-focused support organization engaged in capacity-building projects, though operating nationally in Germany rather than pan-European.
• ILGA-Europe: Brussels-based European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. Comparable as a pan-European minority-rights advocacy network with EU funding dependencies and member organizations across multiple European countries.
• European Network of Migrant Women Members - Akidwa: Ireland-based national migrant women network and ENOMW member organization. Comparable mission and constituency at national level; illustrates the distributed member-organization model that ENOMW coordinates across Europe.
• PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants): Brussels-based migrant-rights advocacy network with a comparable EU-influencing model and similar grant-funded nonprofit structure. PICUM addresses undocumented migrants while ENOMW focuses on migrant women; both operate as membership networks engaging EU institutions.
• European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE): Brussels-headquartered pan-European network of 100+ refugee-rights NGOs operating in 40+ countries. ECRE shares ENOMW's EU funding model, advocacy focus, and decentralized membership structure, though ECRE covers refugees more broadly rather than women specifically.
• Migreurop: European network of associations and activists critical of migration policies at borders. Shares ENOMW's pan-European network model, Brussels advocacy, and member-organization structure, though Migreurop focuses more on border regimes and detention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ENoMW
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCx8-7iTmieDZpjT0NFhfecw/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/migrantwomeneurope
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/migrantwomeneurope
• Instagraminstagram.com/migrantwomennetwork

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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