Gender mainstreaming in migration policy

Jane Freedman

Chapter 23 in Research Handbook on Gender Mainstreaming, 2026, pp 299-310 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Whilst all stages of migration journeys in countries of origin, transit and destination are gendered, and whilst migration has clearly gendered impacts both on individuals and on the societies which they migrate to and from, this was ignored for a long time in migration policy. This chapter will consider how gender issues were gradually integrated into migration policy debates, and will examine various attempts to mainstream gender in migration policy at international, regional and national levels. It will argue that because of the contentious and highly politicised nature of migration policy, gender mainstreaming has often been difficult to achieve. And despite various international and regional frameworks and guidelines, migration policy still often neglects gender, often reinforcing gendered inequalities and creating gendered forms of insecurity, particularly for racialized migrants from the Global South.

Keywords: Gender Mainstreaming; Migration; Asylum and Refugees; Global Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035353415
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