Female international migration in Niger

Migration is one of the most important issues in the international arena today, as evidenced by the numerous international meetings devoted to it. However, even if it has taken on this importance, migration is not a specificity of our time because men have always moved for various reasons. Studies on migration have focused more on the male dimension, masking the female dimension. This document, the result of several studies and a survey in Kantché, Niger, completes the already important contributions to a gender analysis of migration. It analyzes a particular dynamic of Nigerien migration, namely the migration of women from Kantché to Algeria. This phenomenon, which redefines the profile of Nigerien migration, is both a bearer and an indicator of significant social transformations in the study area, including transformations in gender relations, women's roles and responsibilities, power relations, etc., both within households and within the community.