Irregular migrant women and 2030 Agenda

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-779

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migrants, irregular, gender, human capital, 2030 Agenda, SDGs, refugee, forced displacement

Abstract

Introduction: Currently, migration is recognized as a transversal phenomenon contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. However, there is a lack of data on migrant women, particularly those in irregular situations. This omission significantly exacerbates the existing gender gap in access to the labor market, knowledge assets, technological development and participation in decision-making process. Methodology: Our methodology involves exploratory-descriptive research conducted over the past decade, from 2015 to 2024. We employed content analysis of reports from 20 key organizations dedicated to migration. Results: reveal a substantial undervaluation of the human capital of irregular migrant women due to the rigid methodologies of the organizations. Discussions: Researchers have to take in consideration that definition, sources data and methodology will affect data invisibility. Since it does not exist, successful policies are not generated on the management of it to achieve the SDGs. Conclusions: This lead to misguided policies for vulnerable women. This paper calls for a commitment of the 2030 Agenda’s motto, “leave no one behind”, emphasizing the urgent and ongoing need for gender-disaggregated data in the digital era. To achieve this, women in irregular situations must be central to social and economic migration policies.

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Virginia Belén Subiris Moriel, Rey Juan Carlos University

Degree in Organizational Psychology from UNED. Spain. Postgraduate degree in International Human Resources Management from the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Doctoral candidate in the Social and Legal Sciences program, business branch, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

She belongs to the Public Administration Sector where she has worked for 35 years, between the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His field of research and application is Human Resources aligned to business strategy. Internationally, she worked with the United Nations as a consultant at the Police Academy after the war in the former Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this country during the last three years (2021-2023) she carried out voluntary work with irregular migrant women. With the Spanish Consulate in the United Kingdom, she created a novel project to help the most vulnerable Spaniards with the creation of a network of volunteer psychologists in 2013.

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2024-09-04

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Subiris Moriel, V. B. (2024). Irregular migrant women and 2030 Agenda. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-779

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