Enhancing Perspectives on Gender and Migration
Jun 18, 2025 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PMGround Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Jun 18, 2025 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Description
This parallel session, made up of panellists selected by the IFMS Scientific Committee, explores the intersection of gender and migration, focusing on the experiences of migrant women across various contexts. Speakers will examine subjects such as the gendered dimensions of remittance practices among Cuban migrants in Miami and Madrid; assumptions about female-headed households in Somalia; and the integration of women into the labour market in Sweden.
Moderator: Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Academy Fellow, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
Speakers:
-Denisse Delgado, Research Consultant, Migration Specialist, UNDP
-Gabrielle Hubert, Data Analysis and Reporting Consultant, IOM UK
-Yao Robert Djogbenou, Department of Demography, University of Montreal
-Paula Kossack, Analyst, Statistics Sweden
