Journal: Horizon Insights
Year: 2019

The purpose of this research is to provide a critical review of the literature of gender in international migration studies.After presenting and analyzing the role of gender in general concepts/drivers of global migration, I focus on how gender shapes the major causes of global migration and the connections of gender with international migration, from migration decision-making to integration/assimilation processes.This work also addresses the process of integrating highly-educated women migrants