Neglected intersections: a view from the South
Abstract While the integration of an intersectional perspective marks a significant advance in gender and migration literature over recent decades, this scholarship remains heavily dominated by studies focusing on South-North migration. Consequently, despite growing attention to gender within South-...
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| description | Abstract While the integration of an intersectional perspective marks a significant advance in gender and migration literature over recent decades, this scholarship remains heavily dominated by studies focusing on South-North migration. Consequently, despite growing attention to gender within South-South migration from both researchers and policy-makers, key research areas applying an intersectional lens remain neglected. In this paper, we identify three such areas that remain significantly under-explored in South-South migration research: sexuality, disability, and ageing. We argue that migration scholarship in general, and gender and migration scholarship in particular, need to urgently move to encompass all types of migrations, including regional, South-South migration, as well as broaden the languages of the publications that are taken into account in the mainstream gender and migration literature. In this article, we put forward a framework for advancing the research agenda on intersectionality in South-South migration, one which departs from the common focus on English-speaking countries and publications. We take a first step towards implementing this approach by including publications in Spanish and Portuguese. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6b3f8e94cf254bf19e5dec5bc0b6dc892025-08-20T03:03:34ZengSpringerOpenComparative Migration Studies2214-594X2025-07-0113111810.1186/s40878-025-00456-wNeglected intersections: a view from the SouthLorena Izaguirre0Tanja Bastia1Matthew Walsham2Pedro Pablo Cortés3Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, UCLouvainGlobal Development Institute, University of ManchesterGlobal Development Institute, University of ManchesterMexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI)Abstract While the integration of an intersectional perspective marks a significant advance in gender and migration literature over recent decades, this scholarship remains heavily dominated by studies focusing on South-North migration. Consequently, despite growing attention to gender within South-South migration from both researchers and policy-makers, key research areas applying an intersectional lens remain neglected. In this paper, we identify three such areas that remain significantly under-explored in South-South migration research: sexuality, disability, and ageing. We argue that migration scholarship in general, and gender and migration scholarship in particular, need to urgently move to encompass all types of migrations, including regional, South-South migration, as well as broaden the languages of the publications that are taken into account in the mainstream gender and migration literature. In this article, we put forward a framework for advancing the research agenda on intersectionality in South-South migration, one which departs from the common focus on English-speaking countries and publications. We take a first step towards implementing this approach by including publications in Spanish and Portuguese.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00456-wSouth-South migrationIntersectionalityGenderSexualityDisabilityAgeing |
| spellingShingle | Lorena Izaguirre Tanja Bastia Matthew Walsham Pedro Pablo Cortés Neglected intersections: a view from the South Comparative Migration Studies South-South migration Intersectionality Gender Sexuality Disability Ageing |
| title | Neglected intersections: a view from the South |
| title_full | Neglected intersections: a view from the South |
| title_fullStr | Neglected intersections: a view from the South |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neglected intersections: a view from the South |
| title_short | Neglected intersections: a view from the South |
| title_sort | neglected intersections a view from the south |
| topic | South-South migration Intersectionality Gender Sexuality Disability Ageing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00456-w |
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