India Migration Report 2015 Gender and Migration India Migration Report Series

India Migration Report 2015 explores migration and its crucial linkages with gender. This volume:

? studies important issues such as irregular migration, marriage migration and domestic labour migration, as well as the interconnections of migration, gender and caste;

? highlights the relationship between economics and changing gender dynamics brought about by migration; and

? documents first-hand experiences of migrants from across India.

Part of the prestigious annual series, this work will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, migration and diaspora studies, and sociology. It will also interest policy-makers and government institutions working in the area.

1. Gender-based Immigration Visa? On Rationality of a Legislative Innovation Binod Khadria; 2. Migrant Women at the Discourse-policy nexus: Indian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia S. Irudaya Rajan and Jolin Joseph3. Stepping into the Man’s Shoes: Emigrant Domestic Workers as Breadwinners and the Gender Norm in Kerala Praveena Kodoth4. Economic Migration of Women: Challenges and Policy with Reference to Indian Emigration to the Gulf Basant Potnuru5. Addressing the Missing Link: Women Domestic Workers Migrating from South Asia to the Gulf Smita Mitra6. Vulnerability of Women in International Marriage Migration Renuka Mishra7. International Mobility of Skilled Women: Overview of Trends and Issues Sudeshna Ghosh and Rupa Chanda8. Indian International Students: A Gender Perspective Gunjan Sondhi9. Gendered Mobilities: Negotiating Educational strategies in Kerala Sara Lang10. Reducing Vulnerabilities of 'Women in Migration': Cross-border migration Experience within South Asia Nabesh Bohidar and Navneet Kaur 11. Adivasi Women in India’s Migration Story Indrani Mazumdar12. Gender Dimensions of Migration in Urban India Nishikant Singh, Kunal Keshri, R.B. Bhagat 13. Confined to the Margins: Female Migrant Workers in Urban Areas Neetha N.14. Understanding Female Migration Pattern in India: Exploring the Driving Forces Sandhya Rani Mahapatro and K. S. James15. The Missing Men: Sex Ratios and Migration Chimay Tumbe 16. Survival, Struggle and the Promise of a new Future: Living and Working Conditions of Migrant workers in Kerala S. Irudaya Rajan and Sumeetha M.17. Health Seeking Behavior among the Interstate Migrant Labourers Sreejini Jaya and Ravi Prasad Varma18. From Kerala to Kerala via the Gulf: Emigration Experiences of Return Emigrants K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan 19. Transnational Flows: Extent, Patterns and Implications for Gujarat Biplab Dhak20. Wage Differentials between Indian Migrant workers in the Gulf and Non-migrant workers in India S. Irudaya Rajan, B. A. Prakash, and Arya Suresh21. The Disposable People: Irregular and Undocumented Migrants Bernard D’ Sami

S. Irudaya Rajan is Chair Professor, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Research Unit on International Migration at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.