This page features an interactive map with interviews as well as our documentary. This project is led by WG4.
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DOCUMENTARY
Synopsis “In the Shadow. Women on the Move” sheds light on the challenges and resilience of migrant women across Europe, with accounts of their life journeys marked by strength and courage. The film’s objective is to showcase the challenges and strengths of migrant women across Europe. It is structured around eleven interviews with women who have survived sexual violence, who crossed the Mediterranean by boat, or left South America to save their own and their families’ lives. It also features women who fled war (in Ukraine and Myanmar) or LGBT discrimination. Additionally, migration intermediaries and humanitarian workers involved in supporting migrant women, shelter centers, and social workers, share their perspectives. The impact of women’s migration on men and subsequent generations is also discussed, providing a broad range of migrant profiles and geographical coverage. The tackled themes include forced, family, and individual migrations; LGBTQI+ migrations; intermediaries and humanitarian workers; and transgenerational migration patterns. These 52 minutes are filled with emotion, strength, and personal stories. The main goal is to pay tribute to women who show rare resilience and strength, and yet are often invisible in migration discourses. Men’s perspectives are also included, notably through the testimony of Sean Binder (co-worker of Sarah Mardini, whose story inspired the Netflix film “The Swimmers”). Watch the trailer of our documentary HERE
It is a 52-minute film in English, French, and Spanish, with English subtitles (subtitles are available in French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Croatian, Czech, and Ukrainian).
Screenings and Reception “In the Shadow. Women on the Move” has been screened at universities and European institutions (in France, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Ireland, and Georgia). Each screening has received enthusiastic reactions and support for a broader public release.
The directors are two researchers specialized in women’s migration:
– Marie Ruiz (WEMov’s Chair) is an Associate Professor in British history at the University of Picardie Jules Verne and Chair of the Women on the Move research network (COST – Horizon Europe). Her research focuses on migration and gender history. She is the creator of the “Women on the Move” MOOC.
– Stellamarina Donato (WEMov’s Vice-Chair) is a sociology researcher at LUMSA University in Rome, focusing on women’s return migration. She coordinates Network 33 (RN33) on gender studies at the European Sociological Association (ESA).