Older migrant women: what choices and constraints as they approach old age?
Solutions session organised by Switzerland and the IOM at the World Summit on Social Development in Qatar (5th November 2025)
Migrant women play a vital role in supporting their families, but their journey is often fraught with difficulties due to their socio-economic conditions and legal status. When the time comes to leave the labour market, they face a number of challenges. Switzerland is organising a virtual Solutions session in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration to review some of these issues and highlight the resources available to women from immigrant backgrounds at this stage in their lives.
Date and Time:
November 5, 2025 / 12:30 to 13:45 (CET) / 13:30 to 14:45 (Quatar time), virtual
Programme
Programme Swiss IOM Solutions Session in Qatar (PDF, 110 kB, 20.10.2025)
Speakers Swiss IOM Solutions Session in Qatar 2025 (PDF, 111kB, 20.10.2025)
- Claudio BOLZMANN, Professor, Age and Migration Platform, chair
- Liliana AZEVEDO, Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology of Iscte, Lisbon
- Sylvie HEUSCHMANN, Swiss Resettlement Program IOM Switzerland
- Tanvi PATEL, Gender Policy Adviser, HelpAge International
- Patricia BARANDUN, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Melete SOLOMON-KUFLOM Association of Intercultural Mediators, AMIC Geneva
- Luisa BALLIN, journalist, moderator
Concept note Swiss IOM Solutions Session in Qatar 2025 (PDF, 109 kB, 20.10.2025)
Location of the Solutions session recording
The speakers will speak online and from the Varembé conference centre in Geneva. The public is welcome (Geneva room on the ground floor). Due to limited seating, please send an email to swisssideevent@bsv.admin.ch