Feminism

Natasha Yacoub

Chapter 30 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 170-178 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Feminist approaches both destabilize and transform migration law. In the decades following World War II, profound political and social changes transformed migration patterns for women – whether voluntary or forced – and political developments promised to advance women's rights. Despite this, laws governing migration remained a male paradigm until at least the 1980s when feminist engagement challenged the law's objectivity in several areas. There are three main contributions of feminist scholarship to the field of migration law. First, since the mid-1980s, it includes women's perspectives in the law and challenges to its harmful gender stereotypes. Second, it moves beyond ‘women’ as a subject of migration law to show the intersection of gender with other identities as a ground for discrimination, utilizing, among others, sexuality and critical race theories. The third feminist contribution redefines the boundaries of the law, challenging the local-global binary and recentring humaneness alongside security in managing borders. It promises to meet future challenges in migration law by incorporating diverse systems of knowledge, beyond ‘white feminism,’ for the benefit of all people and the planet.

Keywords: Feminism; Race; Gender; Intersectionality; Sexuality; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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