ABSTRACT
Sports labor migration research has from the very beginning made the exploration of interdependencies in global flows a core concern, but this is unfortunately not yet reflected in empirical examinations of gender. The framework Gendered Geographies of Power (GGP) was developed by anthropologists Patricia Pessar and Sara J. Mahler in the early 2000s as part of an effort to bring gender into transnational migration studies. Gendered geographies of power conceptualize gender as a social construct, distinguishable from biological sex. Gender has increasingly become a concern within transnational migration research, and scholars in this field have examined how gender and other axes of differentiation interact to influence all stages of the migration process; pre-migration strategies and opportunities, the process of migration, and post-migration situations and experiences. Although there are overlaps and similarities between gendered dress codes and performances in African and Scandinavian locations, African women soccer migrants seem to experience less pressure to conform while in Scandinavia.
