Gendered dynamics of asylum seeker and refugee reception and integration in Scania, Sweden - Key findings and recommendations

GLIMER Sweden Policy Brief 4 Gendered dynamics of asylum seeker and refugee reception and integration in Scania, Sweden Key findings and recommendations Executive Summary This policy brief responds to questions about how gender Drawing on the insights from our results, we suggest a number of equality is considered and acted upon in the reception and measures for the improvement of gender equality. [...] The research also indicates that gender researchers and practitioners from five lead institutions – mainstreaming is more prominent when it comes to labour the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, market integration of new arrivals, and less so when it comes Università della Calabria, Malmö Universitet and the to the reception of asylum seekers and accommodation, Mediterranean Insti. [...] The Swedish welfare state model is an important context for However, though in theory the implementation of gender understanding issues of gender equality in the reception and mainstreaming is well-estalished, in practice, it has been limited to integration of asylum seekers and refugees. [...] For instance, there is a clear taxation) and the introduction of public and affordable childcare underrepresentation on the labour market of educated foreign-born (which was previously done by women in the home), together with women, who are overrepresented in measures aimed at people far the embracement of ideologies of gender equality (jämlikhet) and from the labour market. [...] GLIMER Sweden Policy Brief 4 Findings In Sweden, measures for (1) the reception and integration of Labour market integration refugees in the asylum process, and (2) the reception and For stakeholders, gender equality is of particular concern for integration process after a positive decision and a residence permit matters related to labour market access.