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    Leveraging Migration for Sustainable Development: IOM Director General Visits Central Asia 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bishkek/Astana, 30 May 2025 – International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope made her first-ever visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,...

    Joint Center responds to unprecedented removal of EEOC Commissioners

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to fire two commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

    IOM Launches Emergency Appeal to Support 400,000 Displaced in Lebanon

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Beirut, 2 October – As hostilities in Lebanon intensifies, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched a Flash Appeal to...

    IOM and UNICEF Renew Partnership to Protect, Include and Empower Climate-Displaced Children

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Baku, 12 November 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have renewed their...

    Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist who built a fortune in 19th-century...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Overview: Originally published on Feb. 3, 2019 in The Haitian Times, this article explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a...

    IOM Statement on Rising Demands for Return Assistance

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Washington, 1 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the United States’ commitment to resuming life-saving humanitarian activities. Secretary...

    Urges Biden to Enact HR-40 Commission by Executive Order

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As a follow-up to the post-presidential election National/International Town Hall Meeting convened by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century...

    2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest...

    UNRWA is Irreplaceable | International Organization for Migration

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 29 October 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) fully supports the Secretary-General and the United Nations' resolute stance...

    Timor-Leste, USA, and IOM Work Together to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness in Oé-Cusse

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Oé-Cusse, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and USAID, has taken another step in strengthening...

    Celebrating Legal Identity Day: “Celebrating the right to be visible”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yaoundé  - "Legal identity is essential and deserves a dedicated day on September 16!". With these words, Mr. Ebela Yacynthe, Senior...

    Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Reparations Are Due! exhibit and the National Resource Center for State...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By FirstRepair — Join us for an afternoon of creativity, history, and activism as FirstRepair presents Reparations Are Due!, an exhibit by...

    IOM Expands Mpox Appeal to Reach Migrants and IDPs Across Africa 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 30 October 2024 – In response to the escalating number of people affected by the mpox outbreak, spreading across parts...

    IBW Congratulates Chairman Richard Adams on Receiving Prestigious Proclamation from City of Pittsburgh

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Mayor Ed Gainey and the city honor Richard Adams for over four decades of leadership, integrity, and civic engagement The Institute of...

    Unforgivable Blackness of Liberation, Resistance and Radical Refusal

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The most recent fabricated, false and fear-mongering ranting by Trump, Vance and various other MAGA advocates and...

    IOM Aims to Aid Two Million People in Ukraine in 2025 as War and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kyiv/Geneva, 21 February 2025 – As the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...

    Nigerian President Tinubu’s pardon of ‘Ogoni Nine’ draws ethnic group’s rejection

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ope Adetayo, Reuters — Nigeria’s Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed three decades ago by...

    IOM Chief: Marking 1,000 Days Since the Start of the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). ...

    Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “…Perry reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory study….one of the most riveting...

    The Haitians of Springfield, a Trump campaign target, brace for his presidency

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Many in the Ohio community are worried and praying after he won the election. By Danielle Paquette, Washington Post — This was the...

    IOM Director General's Message on World Environment Day 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on World Environment Day 2024 mgoloy 05 Jun 2024 Speaker Type ...

    Walking, Spiritually Holding Haji Malcolm’s Hand

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is only right, good and reflective of the high homage we owe and offer her, that...

    IOM Statement on the Proposal for a Common European System for Returns

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Brussels – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new European legal framework for returns,...

    IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024 mgoloy 15 Oct 2024 Speaker Type ...