Editorial - Changing surroundings and gender: An inquiry into gender dynamics in migration contexts

Sofie Vindevogel,Fien Van Wolvelaer

doi:10.21825/digest.v8i2.20880

Abstract

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Highlights

This Special Issue of DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies was conceived to highlight imbrications and intersections of gender and migration
This Special Issue seeks to forward theoretically and empirically grounded understandings of how people in migration contexts make complex and intricate considerations and perform agency in the way they deal with gender influences, whether engaging with or maneuvering around these influences as they transition through migration
We endorse an intersectional take on the gender experience, highlighting the intersections of gender and other identity dimensions such as ethnicity and religion, and the disparities associated with it (Anthias, 2012; Yuval-Davis, 2006)

Summary

Introduction

This Special Issue of DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies was conceived to highlight imbrications and intersections of gender and migration. This impacts lived experiences and performances of masculinity and femininity, in relation to the multiple social spaces that people in migration contexts belong to and that produce diverging – if not conflicting – gender ideals (Van Wolvelaer et al, 2021).

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