Portal Alert - Special Edition International Women's Day
#DidYouKnow? Only 15.4 per cent of SDG #5 indicators?with data are on track to achieving gender equality by 2030?(United Nations, 2023).
Gender and gender inequalities have a big impact on the?migration experiences of persons of all genders.?Sex- and gender-disaggregated migration data can support policies that address gender inequalities and contribute to?socioeconomic empowerment.?
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Migrants and SDG #5: Gender Equality
Access an overview of gender equality indicators which can be disaggregated by migration status as well?as links to available data.
Key Data Points
More data points, trends, definitions, data sources, strengths and limitations are available on our gender & migration thematic page.
At mid-year 2020, female migrants comprised somewhat less than half,?135 million or 48.1 per cent, of the global?international migrant stock?(UN DESA, 2020). The share of female migrants has declined from?49.4 per cent?at mid-year 2000 to?48.1 per cent?at mid-year?2020, whereas the proportion of male migrants grew from?50.6 per cent?at mid-year?2000 to?51.9 per cent?at mid-year 2020?(ibid.).
In 2019, there were more male migrant workers, 99 million or 58.5 per cent, than female, 70 million or 41.5 per cent (ILO, 2021). Among international migrants globally in 2019, females represented a lower share (47.9%) and women had a relatively lower labour market participation rate compared to men (59.8% vs. 77.5%) (ibid.).
At the end of 2022, women and girls accounted for an estimated 51 per cent of all refugees globally (UNHCR, 2023). The five top countries of origin of female refugees were the Syrian Arab Republic (2.9 million), Ukraine (2.7 million), Afghanistan (2.6 million), South Sudan (1.2 million) and Myanmar (587,000) (UNHCR, 2024).
At the end of 2022, 35.8 million women and girls were living in internal displacement due to conflict, violence and disasters, and they accounted for slightly more than 50 per cent of all IDPs (IDMC, 2023). Among the 35.8 million internally displaced women and girls (IDPs), female IDPs between 25 and 56 years had the highest share (40.6% or 14.5 million) (ibid).
Information on sex is only available for 1 out of 3 people (22,618 of the nearly 63,307 people) who lost their lives during migration globally between January 2014 and December 2023 (IOM’s Missing Migrants Project, 2024).
Of these 22,618 migrant deaths where data on sex are available, 24.2 per cent were women. Nearly half of the deaths of identified female migrants occurred during sea crossings, where the survival chances of women were limited as they were pregnant or caring for their children on board.
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Less than 1 in 4 countries (23%) incorporate a gender perspective into their national migration strategy,?based on Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) data from 84 countries (IOM, 2024).
Find more trends, definitions, data sources, strengths and limitations on the Portal's gender and migration thematic page.
Expert Article
Four reasons why we need gender mainstreaming in migration data
"Migration data disaggregation by sex is necessary but also not sufficient in understanding the lived experiences of migrants with diverse genders..."
Featured Resources
Gender and Migration Data: A guide for evidence-based, gender-responsive migration governance
Why is it important to promote gender-responsiveness when collecting, producing, using, analysing and disseminating migration data for policy – and how? Learn more here. ?
Women & Girls on the Move: A Snapshot of Available Evidence
This brief presents an overview of internationally available sex-disaggregated data – recognizing the importance of data that help understand the gendered dimensions of human mobility.??Learn more here.
Greetings,
Esther from the Migration Data Portal Team
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