Introduction: Revisiting Gender in the Context of Migration
Introduction: Revisiting Gender in the Context of Migration

Author(s): M. Murat Yüceşahin, Pinar Yazgan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: migration;gender;
Summary/Abstract: Gender in migration studies, we believe, is linked to feminist studies in the broader sense. The concept of feminism comes from the term womanism and was first used in the 1890s. It is used as a general label for women's movements and the struggle for equal rights for women. Whilst it reflects a wide range of definitions, its purpose is to create awareness on the secondary status of women compared to men. It also examines the associated discrimination imposed on woman through culture and religion. This discrimination produces unequal power relations between men and women. In a broad sense, feminism is an act that aims to rearrange the world on the basis of gender equality in all forms of human relations and to act against gender-based discrimination. The movement seeks to neutralise gender based bias and declare a world with equal rights for all by virtue of their common humanity (Tilly and Gurin, 1990: 20).

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