ABSTRACT

Mainstreaming is a popular approach when seeking to address societal inequalities. Gender and migrant integration are mainstreamed within EU policy, both seeking to increase labour market participation as a means to redress inequality. However, there are limited references to migrant women within gender equality or integration policies at the EU level. The study dissects a subset of migrant integration projects in Sweden – a country lauded for having Europe’s best integration policy while exhibiting the poorest results. The authors used non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews to identify pitfalls such as embedded stereotyping, undervaluation of cultural motivations, gender-washing, and methodological misalignment. Their findings show that gender and integration mainstreaming within the EU systematically position migrant women as a problem, despite the significantly important role they play within global labour markets. The authors conclude that migrant women may need to be included within gender and integration policy beyond the labour market.

摘要

在寻求解决社会不平等时，主流化是一种流行的方法。性别和移民融合被纳入欧盟政策的主流，两者都寻求增加劳动力市场参与度，以此作为纠正不平等的一种手段。然而，在欧盟层面的性别平等或融合政策中，对移民妇女的提及有限。该研究剖析了瑞典移民融合项目的一个子集——该国因拥有欧洲最好的融合政策而受到赞誉，但结果却最差。作者使用非参与式观察和半结构化访谈来识别陷阱，例如嵌入的刻板印象、文化动机的低估、性别清洗和方法论的错位。他们的研究结果表明，尽管移民妇女在全球劳动力市场中发挥着非常重要的作用，但欧盟内部的性别和融合主流化系统地将她们定位为一个问题。作者得出结论，移民妇女可能需要被纳入劳动力市场以外的性别和融合政策。