My interest in gender inequality as it relates to immigrant
women began in graduate school and was part of my research
agenda for the Canadian mobility project. My early research,
conducted in the mid-1970s, which emphazed the invisibility
of immigrant women and the effects of entry status on their
integration, were among the first works on the topic; I
also examined the barriers and difficulties faced by immigrant
women in the labour force. My recent research emphasizes
the triple disadvantages faced by immigrant women of not
knowing English or French, being a member of a visible minority
group, and being female. I also undertake comparative work
and look at the integration issues associated with how immigrant
women are admitted into their countries of destination.
As part of the United Nation’s “Beijing - 10 years later”
and High Level Dialogue on Migration mandated by the Secretary
General initiative, I recently wrote a number of papers
and reports on the situations facing migrant women for the
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, for
the United Nations Population Division and for the United
Nations Research Institute on Social Development.
| 2008 |
(forthcoming) Immigrant
Women and Earning Inequalities (Monica Boyd and Jessica
Yiu). In Vijay Agnew (ed.) Racialized Immigrant Women
in Canada: Essays on Health, Violence and Equity. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press. |
| 2008 |
Finding a Place in Stratified
Structures: Migrant Women in North America. (Monica
Boyd and Deanna Pikkov). Pp. 19-58 in Nicole Piper (editor),
New Perspectives on Gender and Migration: Livelihoods,
Rights, and Entitlements. London: Routledge. |
| 2008 |
Striking the Right Balance:
The Recruitment of Female Migrant Workers to Canada.
(Monica Boyd and Joanne Nowak) FOCALpoint (Canadian
Foundation for the Americas) 6(10) December. Go to:
http://www.focal.ca/publications/focalpoint/index_e.asp |
| 2006 |
Gender
aspects of international migration to Canada and the
United States. Presented at the International Symposium
on International Migration and Development. International
Symposium on International Migration and Development.
June 21, Turin, Italy. |
| 2006 |
Women
in International Migration: The Context of Exit and
Entry for Empowerment and Exploitation. Presented
in the High-level panel on "The Gender Dimension of
International Migration, United Nations, Commission
on the Status of Women, March 2, New York City. |
| 2005 |
Migration
in an Interconnected and Gendered World.
Presented at the Forum
on the United Nations Global Commission Report on International
Migration, New York City, October 25. To be published
in a monograph, Joseph Chamie and Mary Powers (eds.)
(Background: Acting on the encouragement of the
United Nations Secretary-General, the Global Commission
on International Migration was established on December
9, 2003 in Geneva. The mandate of the Commission is
to place international migration on the global agenda;
analyze gaps in current policy approaches to migration;
examine linkages with other issue-areas; and offer
recommendations to the United Nations Secretary-General,
governments and other stakeholders). |
| 2005 |
Gendering
Migration, Livelihood and Entitlements: Migrant Women
in Canada and the United States. (Monica Boyd
and Deanna Pikkov). Occasional Paper # 6. Geneva:
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
(Refereed). |
| 2004 |
Gender Equality and Migrating
Women. Unpublished paper prepared for the UN Division
for the Advancement of Women, and incorporated into
their publication "World Survey on the Role of
Women in Development 2005: Women and International Migration,"
launched March 3, 2005 at 49th session of the Commission
on the Status of Women, NYC. |
| 2004 |
International Labour
Migration of Women: Past. Present and Future Challenges
in North America and Europe. Expert Paper Series CM/MMW/2003/EP.2
(14 January 2004). United Nations Division for the Advancement
of Women. |
| 2003 |
Women
and Migration: Incorporating Gender into International
Migration Theory. (Monica Boyd and Elizabeth Grieco).
Migration Information Source Washington, D.C.: Migration
Policy Institute. |
| 1999 |
Triumphant
Transitions: Socioeconomic Achievements of the Second
Generation in Canada (Monica Boyd and Elizabeth
Grieco). International Migration Review (Winter):
857-876. Lead article |
| 1999 |
Integrating
Gender, Language and Visible Minority Groups. Pp.
282-306 in Shiva Halli and Leo Driedger (eds.) Immigrant
Canada: Demographic, Economic and Social Challenges.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press. |
| 1998 |
Gender,
Refugee Status and Permanent Settlement. Gender
Issues 16, no. 4 (Fall): 5-21. Reprinted in Rita
Simon (ed.)2001. Immigrant Women . NJ: Transaction
Press. |
| 1998 |
"Women and Migration:
Incorporating Gender into International Migration Theory."
(Elizabeth M. Grieco and Monica Boyd). Working Paper
Series 98-139. Center for the Study of Population and
Demography. Florida State University. |
| 1997 |
Migration
Policy, Family Membership and Female Dependency: Canada
and Germany. Pp. 142-169 in Patricia Evans, Thelma
McCormack and Gerda Wekerle (eds.) Remaking the Welfare
State. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. |
| 1996 |
Female
Migrant Labour in North America: Trends and Issues for
the 1990s. Pp. 193-213 in Alan Simmons (ed.) International
Migration, Refugee Flows and Human Rights in North America:
the Impact of Trade and Restructuring. New York:
Center for Migration Studies. |
| 1996 |
Gender Inequality in
the Canadian Policy Context: A Mosaic of Approaches
(Monica Boyd and Susan McDaniel). The World Review
of Sociology (Revista Mundial de Sociologia) 2:
25-50. |
| 1995 |
Migration
Regulations and Sex Selective Outcomes in Settlement
and European Countries. Pp. 83-98 in International
Migration Policies and the Status of Female Migrants.
New York: United Nations Population Division. |
| 1994 |
Canada's Refugee Flows:
Gender Inequality. Canadian Social Trends 30
(Spring): 7-10. '
Reprinted in Canadian Social Trends. Volume
3. Toronto: Thompson Press, 2000, pp. 83-87 (note:
this is a highly culled selection of articles, undertaken
by a private press).
|
| 1994 |
Refugees
to North America: Gender Issues and Implications.
(Linda Gordon and Monica Boyd). Presented at the 1994
annual meeting of the Population Association of America,
Miami, May. |
| 1994 |
Language,
Economic Status and Integration: Australia and Canada
Compared. (Monica Boyd, John deVries and Keith Simkin).
Pp. 549-577 in Lois Foster (ed.) Immigration and
Refugee Policy: Australian and Canada Compared.
Volume II. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne
Press. |
| 1993 |
The Canadian Ethnic Mosaic
Recast for the 1990s (Carol Agocs and Monica Boyd, alphabetical
order). Pp. 330-352 in James Curtis, Edward Grabb and
Neil Guppy (eds.) Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns,
Problems and Policies. Toronto: Prentice-Hall Canada. |
| 1992 |
Foreign-Born, Female,
Old and Poor. Canadian Woman Studies 12:4 (Summer):50-52. |
| 1992 |
Reading Skills of the
Immigrant Population. Canadian Social Trends
26 (Autumn):22-24. |
| 1992 |
Gender Issues in Immigration
Trends and Language Fluency: Canada and the United States.
Pp. 305-372 in Barry R. Chiswick (ed.), Immigration
Language and Ethnic Issues: Public Policy in Canada
and the United States. Washington, D.C.: American
Enterprise Institute. |
| 1992 |
Gender, Visible Minority
and Immigrant Earnings Inequality: Reassessing an Employment
Equity Premise. Pp. 279-321 in Vic Satzewich (ed.),
Deconstructing a Nation: Immigration, Multiculturalism
and Racism in the 1990s Canada. Toronto: Fernwood
Press. |
| 1991 |
Gender, Nativity and
Literacy: Proficiency and Training Issues. Pp. 85-93
in Statistics Canada, Adult Literacy in Canada: Results
of A National Survey. Catalogue 89-525E. Ottawa:
Statistics Canada. |
| 1991 |
Immigration and Living
Arrangements: Elderly Women in Canada. International
Migration Review 25 (Spring): 4-27. (lead article) |
| 1991 |
Background Paper: Migrant
Women and Integration Policies. International Conference
on Migration. Organized by OECD and the Italian Government.
Rome, Italy, March 13-15,1991 |
| 1990 |
Immigrant Women: Language,
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Policy Issues. Pp.
275-296 in Shiva Halli, Frank Trovato and Leo Driedger
(eds.), Ethnic Demography: Canadian Immigrant,
Racial and Cultural Variations. Ottawa: Carleton
University Press.
Reprinted in B. A. Burnaby and A. Cummings (eds.)
Socio-Political Aspects of ESL, Toronto:
OISE Press, 1992, pp. 141-159.
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| 1989 |
Family and Personal
Networks in International Migration: Recent Developments
and New Agendas. International Migration Review
(Silver Jubilee Issue) 23: 3 (Fall): 638-671.
Reprinted in Robin Cohen (ed.) The Sociology
of Migration (Series: The International Library
of Studies on Migration) Cheltenham, UK: Edward
Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1996.
|
| 1989 |
Immigration and Income
Security Policies in Canada: Implications for Elderly
Immigrant Women. Population Research and Policy Review
8: 5-24. |
| 1988 |
Synthesis Report of the
Monitoring Panel on Migrant Women. Paris: Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 pp. |
| 1987 |
Immigrant Women in Canada:
Entry Status and Disadvantage. Pp. 5-10 in International
Settlement Canada: Research Resource Division for Refugees.
Vol. 1, No. . |
| 1986 |
The Feminization of Temporary
Workers: The Canadian Case (Monica Boyd and Chris Taylor).
International Migration (Geneva) 24 (December):
717-734. |
| 1986 |
Temporary Workers in
Canada: A Multifaceted Phenomenon (Monica Boyd, Chris
Taylor and Paul Delaney). International Migration
Review 20 (Winter): 929-950. |
| 1986 |
Immigrant Women in
Canada. Pp. 45-61 in Rita J. Simon and Caroline Brettell
(eds.), International Migration: The Female Experience.
Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld Publishers.
Reprinted in A.T. McLaren (ed.), Gender and
Society. Toronto: Copp Pitman Ltd, pp. 316-336,
1988.
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| 1985 |
Educational
and Occupational Attainments of Native-born Canadian
Men and Women. In Boyd, M., Goyder, J., Jones, F.,
McRoberts, H. A., Pineo, P., & Porter, J. (eds.)
Ascription and Achievement: Studies in Mobility and
Status Attainment in Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University
Press. |
| 1984 |
At a Disadvantage: Occupational
Attainments of Canadian Immigrant Women. International
Migration Review 18 (Winter): 1091-1119. |
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