Women and International Migration: Background of the Feminization of Migration and its Implications

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Migration is a complex worldwide phenomena. With the emergence of new threats such as international terrorism, drug problems, international crime, international human trafficking, etc., the issue of migration is deemed a serious threat to the security of individuals and societies. Although migration patterns, processes, and the experiences of migrants are gendered, the research trend of analyzing the issue of migration from a gender viewpoint became active only in the 1980s. The paper shows three basic themes, by examining the issue of migration from a gender viewpoint and the international political meaning by clarifying the background and social consequences of the migration of women. To make such content more systematic, thus paper will first analyze the relationship between the social change termed globalization and the feminization of migration, and discuss the structural background of the feminization of migration and the socioeconomic marginalization of the migrant women.

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