GENDER EQUALITY IN MIGRATION For migrant women, the pandemic has exposed the profound undervaluing of their work in areas like health care, cleaning, food services, farm work, child and elder care. Confinement measures have cut off their access to vital sources of support and exposed some to a greater risk of violence in their homes or workplaces. Women (cis- and transgender), and gender non-binary people face particular restrictions on services and justice when they are undocumented, for instance because they risk being signalled to immigration enforcement if they report violence to the police. The EU Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025 is an important step up for the EU on gender equality. But without addressing parallel policy agendas that actively undermine migrants’ opportunities and safety, the strategy risks leaving out millions of people. For a truly gender-responsive approach to EU migration and asylum, policies need to integrate and address the rights and interests of women and girls. EU migration and asylum policies should be re-oriented towards sustainable, humane, non-criminalising approaches to both regular and irregular migration. Find out more in our brief on gender-responsive approaches to migration.