ABSTRACT
Migrants face gendered insecurities that manifest in multiple ways. They might experience sexual violence at various points in their migration journeys (Freedman 2012). They migrate to/from particular countries because of the gendered dynamics of labour economies (Sassen 1984; Kofman et al. 2000). And, they face challenges in their daily lives, particularly due to the violence that prompted their migration journeys as well as contested legal statuses and forced or exploitative labour (Marchand 2008). This chapter posits a theoretical framework for exploring another dynamic of these gendered insecurities: the gendered insecurities of states as they encounter migrants.
