2019/10/14 by Jenna L. Hennebry, Jenna Hennebry, Allison J. Petrozziello +1 · 44 citations
Social Sciences · #Civil society #Closing (real estate) #Corporate governance #Economic growth #Economics #Gender Politics and Representation #Law #Management #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Negotiation #Operationalization #Political science #Politics #Refugee #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Sociology #State (computer science)
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/imig.12640
published in International Migration 57(6), 115-138 (Wiley)
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Abstract Migrant women's organizations, UN Women, and civil society advocacy networks have mobilized to call for greater gender‐responsiveness in migration governance. The development of the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees presented an important opportunity to continue enhancing the international framework for protecting the rights of women and men on the move. This article asks: How has gender been understood/invoked during proceedings leading up to their adoption? In what ways is it incorporated in the resulting compacts and their operationalization? What are the gains and missed opportunities for gender‐responsiveness? Drawing on data gathered through participant observation in the global compact on migration preparatory meetings and member state negotiations in Geneva and New York, and policy analysis of the drafts of both compacts, this paper aims to determine the extent to which the compacts, and the plans to operationalize them, serve to widen or close the gender gap.