All EU migrants are not equal: the gendered consequences of Brexit

Shutes, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0002-5325-3541 (2017) All EU migrants are not equal: the gendered consequences of Brexit. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (25 Jul 2017). Website.

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Abstract

EU residency rights have gendered consequences, writes Isabel Shutes, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at the LSE. The unpaid labour of women with young children, who take time out of paid work to look after them, is not recognised as “genuine and effective work” in EU case law. Consequently, they are at greater risk of losing their status as ‘workers’ and have to rely on having a partner who is a working EU citizen or being self-sufficient to claim residence rights. Brexit negotiators must avoid putting an extra, gendered burden on these women to prove their right to stay.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/07/25/the-g...
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2017 14:52
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 01:31
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/83879

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