Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Migrant women - selected findings (12 September 2019)

Legal migration and integrationAsylum, migration and bordersEquality, non-discrimination and racismRacial and ethnic originSex, sexual orientation and gender 

FRA’s second EU Minorities and Discrimination survey (EU-MIDIS II) collected information from over 25,000 respondents with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States.

The main findings from the survey, published in 2017, pointed to a number of differences in the way women and men with immigrant backgrounds across the European Union (EU) experience how their rights are respected.

This report summarises some of the most relevant survey findings in this regard, which show the need for targeted, gender-sensitive measures that promote the integration of – specifically – women who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.

This  report summarises some of the most relevant survey findings with regard to differences in women’s and men’s experiences. They show the need for targeted, gender-sensitive measures that promote the integration of – specifically – women who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Such action would also contribute to Member States’ efforts to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the global Agenda 2030 – in particular SDG 5, which requires countries to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’; and SDG 10, which requires countries to ‘reduce inequality within and among countries’. 

The report builds on earlier publications based on EUMIDIS II survey data10 and examines the following areas

in a series of chapters:

• Legal status and main reason for migrating;

• Education;

• Employment;

• Discrimination, harassment, violence and rights

awareness;

• Values and attitudes