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Migrant Women and the Gender Gap in Southern Europe: The Italian Case

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Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration

Part of the book series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series ((MDC))

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This chapter1 looks at migrant women’s ‘frozen professional destiny’ using a gender perspective, taking into account the ‘gender systems’ that exist in Southern Europe. These are characterized, especially in some countries, by strong inequalities between men and women, as is testified by the annual Global Gender Gap Report (Hausmann et al, 2012), whose index is based on several indicators in four areas: politics, economy, education and health.

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  1. University of Florence, Italy

    Giovanna Campani (Professor of Intercultural Education)

  2. Department of Education, University of Florence and Paris VIII, Florence, Italy

    Tiziana Chiappelli PhD (Master in Philosophy, researcher)

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  1. University of East London, UK

    Floya Anthias (Professor of Sociology) (Professor of Sociology)

  2. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Mojca Pajnik

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Campani, G., Chiappelli, T. (2014). Migrant Women and the Gender Gap in Southern Europe: The Italian Case. In: Anthias, F., Pajnik, M. (eds) Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137294005_11

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