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Gendered Narratives, Embodied Crossings: Migrant Women's Lives, Memories and Forms of Resistance in the Mediterranean Context
In order to challenge the existing narratives surrounding refugee and migrant women, this seminar presents the outcomes of two interrelated projects that address women’s mobility across borders. These projects utilize case studies focusing on forced migration across the central Mediterranean route, as well as labor exploitation in the Sicilian countryside.The presentation from Monica Massari is centered around women’s bodies and narratives, examining how class, gender, and race inequalities shape physical and social borders, as well as the construction of gender violence. This seminar highlights the survival stories and experiences of migrant and refugee women, particularly highlighting their acts of resistance, challenging of power structures, and assertion of rights
