Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19

Edited by Marie McAuliffe, Head, Migration Research and Publications Division and Editor of the World Migration Report, International Organization for Migration, Switzerland; Sir Roland Wilson Fellow, School of Demography, The Australian National University, Australia; and Senior Fellow, Global Migration Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland and Céline Bauloz, Senior Research Officer and Head, Research Unit, International Organization for Migration and Senior Fellow, Global Migration Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

• Contents:1 Migration, gender and COVID-19: an overview 1Marie McAuliffe and Céline Bauloz,PART I (MIS)UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS: MIGRATIONAND GENDER RESEARCH & ANALYSIS2 Researching Afghan women’s mobility decisions during COVID-19and multiple crises – stayers or left behind? 17Nassim Majidi and Katherine James3 The ‘covidisation’ of migration and health research: understanding theimplications of the pandemic for the field 34Thea de Gruchy, Jo Vearey, Kavita Datta, Elaine Chase and Linda Musariri,,4 COVID-19 and the intersections of gender, migration status, work and place 48Denise SpitzerPART II GENDER IMPLICATIONS OF MOVING DURING COVID-195 Internal migration, informal work, and the COVID-19 pandemic:city-level insights on intersecting vulnerabilities 64Marcela Valdivia and Ghida Ismail6 Gendered impacts on internal migrant workers in the informal economyin India 83Megan Schmidt-Sane, Mihir Bhatt, Mehul Pandya and Lyla Mehta7 Migration of Venezuelan and Haitian women in Brazil during theCOVID-19 pandemic: outlooks, gender, and governance 95Roberto Rodolfo Georg Uebel8 Intersectionality, violence, and migration during COVID-19: women onthe move in Central America 109Adriana Salcedo9 Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on international students in Korea 123Taehoon Lee and Sang Hyun ParkPART III DESTINATION COMPLEXITIES OF MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITY10 Care as relational practice: Filipino migrant workers creatingcommunities of care under COVID-19 141Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, Tanya Yared, Edwin Carlos and Maria ReneeZapata11 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: gendered impacts of a multi-layered crisis 154Irene Tuzi and Weam Ghabash12 Gendered control over space in migrant housing 168Mastoureh Fathi13 Pandemic precarity, crisis-living, and food insecurity: femaleZimbabwean migrants in South Africa 180Sujata Ramachandran, Jonathan Crush, Godfrey Tawodzera and ElizabethOpiyo Onyango14 By the wayside: gender dimensions of stranded migrants during theCOVID-19 crisis 196Marie McAuliffePART IV RETURN MIGRATION AND REINTEGRATION IMPACTS15 Pre-pandemic mobility: uncoupling gendered return migration andCOVID-19 in Zimbabwe 213Rose Jaji16 Impact of COVID-19 on women migrant workers: case of domesticworkers in the South Asia–Gulf corridor 225S. Irudaya Rajan and Rakkee Thimothy17 Return migration and women’s empowerment: the implications of theCOVID-19 pandemic in return migrant households 239Céline Bauloz and Jenna Blower-Nassiri18 Understanding return migration from the Gulf to East Africa duringcrisis: youth and gender dimensions 259Adrian KitimboPART V MIGRATION AND GENDER IN A POST COVID-19 WORLD19 COVID-19 vaccine access and the intersection of gender and displacement 278Katharine M. Donato, Elizabeth Ferris, Shuait Nair, Erin M. Sorrell andClaire J. Standley20 Changing practices of providing (financial) care: gender, digital accessand remittances during COVID-19 291Iris Lim and Kavita Datta21 One step forward, two steps back: pandemic policy responses and thegendered implications for women and LGBTQI+ migrants 309Jenna Hennebry and Hari KC22 The impacts of COVID-19 and coup on Myanmar migrant children’seducation in Thailand 325Pyone Myat Thu and Premjai Vungsiriphisal23 Addressing irregularity and combating vulnerabilities: regularisationprogrammes implemented during and as a result of COVID-19 344Pablo Rojas Coppari and Samuel PoirierIndex

‘COVID-19 has had a profound effect on migration dynamics, leaving an indelible mark on the world. This exceptional volume explores complex interplays between COVID-19, migration processes, and gender, offering invaluable insights across an array of global contexts. It is an essential resource for understanding the pandemic’s far-reaching consequences.’