Motion for a resolution | Doc. 15069 | 03 February 2020

Gender mainstreaming of migration policies

Signatories: Ms Rósa Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Iceland, UEL ; Mr Salah Eddine ABOULGHALI, Morocco ; Mr Olivier BECHT, France, ALDE ; Mr Jokin BILDARRATZ, Spain, ALDE ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Margreet De BOER, Netherlands, SOC ; Ms Mònica BONELL, Andorra, ALDE ; Mr Cemal ÇETİN, Turkey, NR ; Ms Sabrina DE CARLO, Italy, NR ; Mr Carlos Alberto GONÇALVES, Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Antonio GUTIÉRREZ, Spain, SOC ; Mr Domagoj HAJDUKOVIĆ, Croatia, SOC ; Ms Elvira KOVÁCS, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Mr Dmytro LUBINETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Killion MUNYAMA, Poland, EPP/CD ; Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Mr Paulo PISCO, Portugal, SOC ; Lord Simon RUSSELL, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Zafer SIRAKAYA, Turkey, NR ; Ms Petra STIENEN, Netherlands, ALDE

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.

Gender inequality plays an important role in migration. Gender influences the reasons for migration, how people migrate, the networks they use and the resources they have at their disposal in their destination country. Unfortunately, migration policies can sometimes place women in vulnerable situations and may fail to address their needs.

It is vital to collect data, including sex-disaggregated data, in order to develop evidence-based policies that take into consideration the specific needs of women and children migrants.

The Parliamentary Assembly should encourage member States to employ gender mainstreaming in their migration policies and programmes, taking into account the interests of both women and men. This must be done throughout the policymaking process, including the highest political level. Member States should also promote co-operation between policymakers, institutions and civil society in order to protect the rights of women migrants. Member States should combat discrimination in migration related procedures, implement gender mainstreaming in migration policies and encourage research on how gender influences migration processes.