Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) and Development Indicators Group (DECIG) cordially invite you to a seminar
Understanding Women and Migration: A Literature Review
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Venue: MC C1-100
Speaker:
Anjali Fleury, Consultant, World Bank Group
Chairs:
Benedicte de la Briere, Lead Economist, Gender, World Bank Group
David W. Yang, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Discussants:
Lisa McGowan, Senior Specialist for Gender Equality, Solidarity Center
Rosemary Vargas-Lundius, Chair, KNOMAD Cross-Cutting Theme Gender
Understanding the intricacies of gender and migration can result in programs and policies that enhance the benefits and decrease the economic and social costs for female migrants, who make up half of the global migrant population.This report provides a comprehensive assessment of gender and migration literature, finding that migration can improve the autonomy, human capital, and self-esteem of women, as well as boosting their authority and perceived value in families and communities.Migration can also advance more equitable social norms and improve women’s rights and access to resources, despite some notable constraints such as restrictive social norms or laws, gender and racial discrimination, and gender-specific vulnerabilities.
Full version of KNOMAD’s Working Paper 8.
External participants, please contact: Irma Carrasquero (email: icarrasquero@worldbank.org) to RSVP and request a visitor’s pass.
Please contact knomad@worldbank.org or migrationandremittances@worldbank.org with questions or comments
Refreshments will be served.
***ALSO: Call for Papers: Forced displacement and gender issues
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