Our approach

GEN-MIGRA aimed to produce new theoretical and practical advances in the field of gendered migration by bringing together the analysis of gender, mobilities, vulnerabilities and agency across transnational spaces. The project examined how different forms of material, symbolic and physical violence created and exacerbated by Covid-19 pandemic influenced migrant women’s patterns of mobility and wellbeing.

• Interdisciplinary: Our team brought together experts across the fields of Social Policy, Sociology, Human Geography, Anthropology and Gender and Migration Studies to transform our understandings of gendered international mobilities.

• Comparative: GEN-MIGRA compared state responses and women’s experiences across four countries to gain insight into the global commonalities and differences of migrant women’s vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies to the pandemic.

• Transnational: The project documented and analysed the impacts of Covid-19 on women’s international mobilities, transnational social and care networks and women’s access to social resources within and across borders.

• Intersectional: GEN-MIGRA analysed intersectional vulnerabilities by exploring cross-cutting inequalities experienced by a diverse sample of women across age groups, race and religious groups, sexual identity, country of origin, education, marital and migratory statuses.