This event will bring together women asylum seekers and activists, organizational leaders, service providers, students, and professors, as well as NYC governmental representatives to identify some of the current challenges for people in forced migration situations in NYC, learn about added challenges for women and asylum seekers from indigenous communities, explore resources and best practices,

Women's equality, safety, and well-being worldwide have been under siege. This conference will explore how technology and art have been, and are being, used to address some of these threats. The Graduate School of Social Service Institute for Women and Girls will host this conference. Established in 2001, the Fordham GSS Institute for Women and