December 2020

Integration of migrant women in the EU Labour Market: challenges and opportunities

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Migrant women represent around 46% of the migrant population in Europe, with higher percentages in southern countries (Eurostat, 2018). When migrant women and girls arrive to Europe, they face additional obstacles to integration compared to migrant men and boys, often having to overcome structural barriers linked to their being both a migrant and female, including facing stereotypes (European Commission, 2020:7). While migrant men usually arrive in Europe alone, women more often join as a family member at a later stage.… Read More »Integration of migrant women in the EU Labour Market: challenges and opportunities