The ‘inherent vulnerability’ of women on the move: A gendered analysis of Morocco’s migration reform
| dc.citation.firstpage | 631 | en_US |
| dc.citation.issueNumber | 3 | en_US |
| dc.citation.journalTitle | Journal of Refugee Studies | en_US |
| dc.citation.lastpage | 644 | en_US |
| dc.citation.volumeNumber | 37 | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Norman, Kelsey P | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Reiling, Carrie | en_US |
| dc.contributor.org | Baker Institute for Public Policy | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-20T15:52:03Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-20T15:52:03Z | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Beginning in the 1990s, Morocco increasingly became a de facto host country for sub-Saharan migrants and asylum seekers originally intending to reach Europe. While the government’s treatment toward these groups was characterized by informality and violence throughout the early 2000s, Morocco embarked on a reform process in 2013 that included a regularization process for irregular migrants. During the regularization process, the Moroccan government automatically granted all women applicants residency status due to their presumed ‘vulnerability’. This paper asks: What are the implications of assuming that women are ‘inherently vulnerable’? Drawing on in-person interviews and an analysis of policy documents, this article adds to the gendered migration and refugee literature by demonstrating that supposedly humanitarian policies toward women can also victimize them, stereotype male migrants and refugees as threatening, and strengthen the patriarchal role of the state and its ability to carry out violence in the name of protection. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Norman, K. P., & Reiling, C. (2024). The ‘inherent vulnerability’ of women on the move: A gendered analysis of Morocco’s migration reform. Journal of Refugee Studies, 37(3), 631–644. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feae044 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.digital | feae044 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feae044 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/118054 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
| dc.rights | Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the terms of the license or beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.title | The ‘inherent vulnerability’ of women on the move: A gendered analysis of Morocco’s migration reform | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | en_US |
| dc.type.publication | publisher version | en_US |
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