This book examines the vulnerability caused by migration, in particular, the vulnerability of women that may cause forced migration, and the ways in which this
From its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s, interest in the topic of gender and migration has grown. Gender and Migration seeks to introduce the most relevant s
The last decades have shown an increase in the migration from poor and conflict ridden states to the affluent peaceful north. Part of this migration is constitu
In 2006, the United Nations reported on the “feminization” of migration, noting that the number of female migrants had doubled over the last five decades. L
From a multi-sited ethnography with Swedish migrant women in the United States, Singapore and Spain, the book explores gender vulnerabilities and racial and cla
