Refugee women and intersectionality in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

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Women’s rights and gender sensitivity have been quite prominent in the European Union’s agenda lately. In November 2020, the European Commission released its third Gender Action Plan, which focuses on the EU’s external actions. One of the most ambitious goals of the action plan, set for 2025, is the application of an intersectional gender perspective in the EU’s external actions, with a special focus on migrant women. However, the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, the European Commission’s proposal to reform the Common European Asylum System, does not mention intersectional approaches, neither in its text nor in related legislative proposals.

Feminist perspectives, approaches and actions are at the core of the work of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the German Green Political Foundation. We strongly support the mainstreaming of intersectional perspectives into (European) policy making and policies. Against this background, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union commissioned the study “Intersectionality and refugee women. The shortcomings of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum from an intersectional prism”, which analyses the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and its related proposal for a Screening Regulation from an intersectional perspective.

Programme

13:30-14:00 Registration and light lunch

14:00-14:10 Welcome by Eva van de Rakt, Director, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels          

14:10-14:20 Presentation of the study by Madita Standke-Erdmann, Research Associate, University of Vienna and author of the study

14:20-15:00 Debate with:

• Michele LeVoy, Director, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants - PICUM
• Anila Noor, Founder and Managing Director, New Women Connectors
• Madita Standke-Erdmann, Research Associate, University of Vienna and author of the study

Moderation: Juliana Santos Wahlgren, Acting Director, European Network against Racism

15:00-15:30 Q & A

Working language: English

This event will take place on Tuesday 9 November 2021, at 13:30-15:30 CET, at Atelier 29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, 1000 Brussels. The maximum capacity of this event is 60 persons, and registrations are done on a first-come-first-served basis.

** Covid-19 protection measures: Admission only upon presentation of the Covid Safe Ticket or European Digital Corona Certificate and proof of identity (ID card, residence permit, passport or driver’s license). Please have your proof of identity and Covid Safe Ticket ready on your smartphone or in printed form. When scanning, our staff only sees your name, date of birth and the QR code. No personal health details will be shared with us. If you fail to show a Covid Safe Ticket or European Digital Corona Certificate and your ID card, we cannot grant you access to the event. Please arrive on time as the scanning can take a few minutes. **

For any questions, please contact Melanie Bernhofer.

Check out our dossier on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.