Introduction: gender and youth migration

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
Keyword(s):  
Gender And Migration ◽  
Youth Migration ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration

This chapter introduces gender and migration as the main focus of the book collection. It provides some conceptual examination of defining youth, youth in migration, and gender in youth migration. It presents the context of gendered modalities affecting youth mobility and the thematic organization of the fifteen chapters namely, imperial histories, negotiating identities, education, and work.

Gender and Migration: Historical Perspectives

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Sinke
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

Gender has become a category of concern for many historians of migration in scholarship of the 2000s. This article notes a variety of factors which made it possible and likely for historians to turn to questions of gender. The article surveys historiography on migration and gender as it developed in the late twentieth century and explores some current directions in this scholarship, on a variety of geographic scales: global, national, and local. It emphasizes the need for longitudinal analysis in any study of gender and migration, and notes some approaches to the concept of time used by historians.

Queer Intersections: Sexuality and Gender in Migration Studies

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin F. Manalansan
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
Dual Notion ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Gendered Migration

This essay examines the historical and theoretical development of sexuality in migration research. Noting gaps and omissions in the literature, the essay proposes a dual notion of sexuality including one that is produced by the intersection of other social identities such as class and race, and a queer studies-derived idea of the sexual that goes against the normalizing of heterosexual institutions and practices. Utilizing a case study of Filipina migrant workers, the essay demonstrates the pivotal role of sexuality in the future of gender and migration research through a critique of the implicit normative assumptions around family, heterosexual reproduction, and marriage that abound in this body of literature, and how a critical notion of sexuality enables a more inclusive and accurate portrait of global gendered migration.

Mental Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Immigrants and Refugees

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-268
Author(s):  
Edward Ou Jin Lee ◽  
Sarilee Kahn ◽  
Edward J. Alessi ◽  
Abelardo Leon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration

This chapter aims to provide a critical review of the literature that addresses the ways in which sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) with migration experience navigate mental health issues. There has been a recent growth in public interest and scholarship in Canada and the United States about the realities of SGMs with migration experience. However, there are scholarly debates and tensions in relation to how key terms related to sexuality, gender, and migration have been mobilized within this field of knowledge. This chapter thus aims to map out the ways in which knowledge about SGMs with migration experience has been categorized through migrant status, race, and ethnicity. In addition, this chapter provides a synthesis of the latest research findings on the relationship between this population and mental health issues. This chapter also critically reflects on various policy and practice implications of these findings and considers future directions for content, theories, and methodologies of research about this population.

scholarly journals Gender and migration re-visited: Production of knowledge and feminism (in) between semi-periphery and the core

Sociologija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Tanja Visic ◽  
Dunja Poleti-Cosic
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Core ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Gender Knowledge

Whilst often adopting a feminist perspective, the literature on gender and migration has often neglected to consider the production of knowledge from this point of view. It has left unarticulated the assumptions and concerns about gender and gender relations that underpin scientific knowledge claims about female migration. The aim of the paper is to problematize the dominant paradigms in contemporary studies and how these paradigms manifest the tension between knowledge produced in the core countries and those produced in the semiperiphery. In doing this, we offer a critical review of the broader field of feminist migration studies using the concept of ?gender knowledge? in order to identify some of the omissions and neglected topics in the field of migration studies - such as a de-emphasis on gender and sexuality, or on the intersectional interplay of gender with other dimensions of inequality, an over-focus on quantitative approaches, and a neglect to consider migrants? agency which comes as a result of unexamined methodological nationalism and methodological sexism. The paper shows the importance of the geographical, political, social and cultural contextualisation of the production of knowledge and the relevance of problematizing the connection between knowledge drawn from the semi-periphery and that drawn from the core. The paper does this through a discussion of particular cases of migration for domestic and care work and the development of gender-focussed approaches to migration studies in Serbia.

scholarly journals Effects of Pandemics on Migrant Communities: Analysis of Existing Sources

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Mollo Kenneth Otieno ◽  
Lewis Nkenyereye
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Migrant Communities ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Desk Review

Gender, religion, and migration are perplexing issues, especially in this era of the COVID-19 pandemic in which gendered and religious dynamics are emerging within migrant communities across the world. The relations between these three concepts are explored within this bleak time that has exposed previously neglected dynamics present in migrant communities living in distant host countries in Asia, Europe, and the United States of America. In this paper, we discuss the intricacies within religion and gender among migrant communities and the gendered impacts that COVID-19 has had on the aforementioned migrant communities. Through a secondary desk review analysis of the diverse emerging literature, we show that there are gendered implications of the pandemic measures taken by governments as migrant communities occupy unique translocalities. Overall, the intersection of religion, gender, and migration underscores religion reproducing gender roles among the migrants. The reproduction of gender in religious institutions disadvantage women amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis confirmed the trivial fact that migrant women continue to suffer disproportionately due to increased unemployment and disease burden coupled with religious practices that continue to advance the upward mobility of male migrants. There is a need to recast the place of migrant women in this era, and lastly, religion plays a renewed role among migrant communities especially for women who have enhanced their social positions and organizational skills through it.

Race, Gender, and Border Control in the Western Balkans

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Milivojević
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
Criminological Inquiry ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

This chapter looks at the intersection of race, gender, and migration in the Western Balkans. Immobilizing mobile bodies from the Global South has increasingly been the focus of criminological inquiry. Such inquiry, however, has largely excluded the Western Balkans. A difficult place to research, comprising countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania, the region is the second-largest route for irregular migrants in Europe (Frontex 2016). Indeed, EU expansion and global developments such as wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq have had a major impact on mobility and migration in the region. The chapter outlines racialized hierarchies in play in contemporary border policing in the region, and how these racialized and gendered practices target racially different Others and women irregular migrants and asylum seekers. Finally, this chapter maps the impact of such practices and calls for a shift in knowledge production in documenting and addressing such discriminatory practices.

War Captives, Left-Behind Wives, and Buddhist Nuns: Female Migrants in Early Medieval China (4th–6th Century CE)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Wen-Yi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Textual Representations ◽  
Medieval China ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
Early Medieval China ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Northern Wei ◽  
Distance Travel

Abstract Using received texts and excavated funerary epitaphs, this article examines the intricacies of gender and migration in early medieval China by exploring women's long-distance mobility from the fourth century to the sixth century, when what is now known as China was divided by the Northern Wei and a succession of four southern states—the Eastern Jin, Liu-Song, Southern Qi, and Liang. I focus on three types of migration in which women participated during this period: war-induced migration, family reunification, and religious journeys. Based on this analysis, I propose answers to two important questions: the connection between migration and the state, and textual representations of migrants. Though the texts under consideration are usually written in an anecdotal manner, the references to women, I argue, both reveals nuances in perceptions of womanhood at the time and elucidates the contexts within—and through—which long-distance travel became possible for women.

scholarly journals Gender-specific health literacy of individuals with a migrant background: A mixed-method approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Aldin ◽  
D Chakraverty ◽  
A Baumeister ◽  
I Monsef ◽  
T Jakob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Review ◽  
Migrant Background ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Specific Health

Abstract Background The project “Gender-specific health literacy in individuals with a migrant background (GLIM)” (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; 01GL1723) aims to provide a comprehensive overview of international research and evidence on aspects of gender and migration related to health literacy. It encompasses primary and secondary research using a mixed-methods approach. Methods In a first step, we systematically review the available quantitative and qualitative evidence: in the first quantitative review, we meta-analyse the evidence on gender differences in health literacy of migrants. The second quantitative review assesses the effectiveness of interventions for improving health literacy in female and male migrants. The third review summarises qualitative evidence to assess factors associated with gender and migration that may play a role in the design, delivery, and effectiveness of such interventions. In a second step, we conduct primary research by performing focus group discussions (FGDs) with health care providers who regularly work with different migrant groups in order to explore their perspectives on the challenges and needs of migrants in the German health care system. Results To date, we identified 163 relevant references after screening of 17,932 references, for all reviews combined. Various health literacy interventions and measurement tools exist and require critical evaluation. The FGDs yielded hints to factors that a) influence gender differences in the health literacy of migrants (e.g. masculinity norms preventing Mediterranean men from consulting psychotherapists) or b) limit systemic health literacy (e.g. lack of translators). Conclusions Results from the FGDs can provide insights into the processes underlying the results of the reviews. However, despite increasing research, summarising the available evidence is highly challenging, as there are no universal definitions of the key concepts health literacy and migrant background. Key messages This is an interdisciplinary project, combining quantitative and qualitative evidence to provide maximum value to health policy and decision-making for the health care and health literacy of migrants. Research on gender-, and migration-specific aspects of health literacy is of great importance for the development and delivery of effective interventions for improving migrants’ health literacy.

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