Question

Why should gender be brought into migration studies?

Answer 1

Migration refers to movement from one country, city, or region to another for better livelihood or for any other reason.

It exist throughout the world.

Any impact of migration whether it's social, political, cultural, economical reflects gender differences or roles.

Earlier, According to the scholars, females were not visible or considered as a dependent on male.

But now it has been changed.

The time has gone when their was a perspective that migration is associated with men only.

Now everybody is aware that feminism migration is increasing throughout the world.

That's why gender plays a key role in migration studies.