Gendering the European Borders: The Role of Female Migrants and Refugees

Asylum seekers’ experiences on the migration journey to Italy (and beyond): Risk factors and future planning within a shifting political landscape

“…Data highlight dimensions of risk along the journey associated with gender and age, although the results are sometimes surprising. Women are commonly considered to be more at risk during migration than men, for instance – and certainly, there are instances when women face severe and often unique threats (see Del Re, 2018) – yet our data show that the risk of experience extremely adverse conditions is high for both men and women alike. Women are significantly more at risk of experiencing maltreatment, violence (including sexual violence) and torture (model 3) than men, but their risk is not significantly different compared to men in models 1, 2 and 4.…”