Thanh-Dam Truong is an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. Her research areas include: gender, development, and human security; migration governance and gender justice; and gender knowledge and development policy. Des Gasper is a Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: development ethics; human security; and policy discourse analysis, with a special focus on migration and climate change.Jeff Handmaker is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: international law; socio-legal studies; civic-stateinteractions; and state and individual accountability.Sylvia I. Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Civic Innovation Research Initiative. Her areas of expertise include: local governance in the Middle East and North Africa; migration and development; and the research and policy nexus.

• Section I: Introduction – migration, gender and social justice: the research and policy agendas.- Section II: Transformation of social reproduction systems and migration: local-global interactions.- Section III: The state and female internal migration: Rights and livelihood security.- Section IV: Complexity of gender: embodiment and intersectionality.- Section V: Liminal legality, citizenship and migrant rights mobilization.- Section VI: Conclusion – the complexities of migration research-policy interactions.- Annex A - Portfolio of Migration Projects, 2006-2009 (21 May 2009).- Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program.- Annex B - Profile of the Editors.

Thanh-Dam Truong is an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. Her research areas include: gender, development, and human security; migration governance and gender justice; and gender knowledge and development policy. Des Gasper is a Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: development ethics; human security; and policy discourse analysis, with a special focus on migration and climate change.Jeff Handmaker is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: international law; socio-legal studies; civic-stateinteractions; and state and individual accountability.Sylvia I. Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Civic Innovation Research Initiative. Her areas of expertise include: local governance in the Middle East and North Africa; migration and development; and the research and policy nexus.

• Section I: Introduction – migration, gender and social justice: the research and policy agendas.- Section II: Transformation of social reproduction systems and migration: local-global interactions.- Section III: The state and female internal migration: Rights and livelihood security.- Section IV: Complexity of gender: embodiment and intersectionality.- Section V: Liminal legality, citizenship and migrant rights mobilization.- Section VI: Conclusion – the complexities of migration research-policy interactions.- Annex A - Portfolio of Migration Projects, 2006-2009 (21 May 2009).- Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program.- Annex B - Profile of the Editors.

Thanh-Dam Truong is an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. Her research areas include: gender, development, and human security; migration governance and gender justice; and gender knowledge and development policy. Des Gasper is a Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: development ethics; human security; and policy discourse analysis, with a special focus on migration and climate change.Jeff Handmaker is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Governance, Globalisation and Social Justice research programme. His research areas include: international law; socio-legal studies; civic-stateinteractions; and state and individual accountability.Sylvia I. Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of its Civic Innovation Research Initiative. Her areas of expertise include: local governance in the Middle East and North Africa; migration and development; and the research and policy nexus.

• Section I: Introduction – migration, gender and social justice: the research and policy agendas.- Section II: Transformation of social reproduction systems and migration: local-global interactions.- Section III: The state and female internal migration: Rights and livelihood security.- Section IV: Complexity of gender: embodiment and intersectionality.- Section V: Liminal legality, citizenship and migrant rights mobilization.- Section VI: Conclusion – the complexities of migration research-policy interactions.- Annex A - Portfolio of Migration Projects, 2006-2009 (21 May 2009).- Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program.- Annex B - Profile of the Editors.