ABSTRACT
Anti-discrimination according to ethnicity/race, religion, sexuality, gender, age, and handicap are part of the fundamental values of the European Union. In political debates gender equality is, however, frequently juxtaposed to cultural and religious claims of minorities, especially of Muslim groups. Against this background, it seems necessary to use an intersectional approach to different forms of discrimination in order to develop consistent theoretical perspectives, legislative activities, and official discourses on gender equality and anti-discrimination in diverse societies. Hitherto, both in politics and in theory, different strands of activities/claims and thought have developed separately without much mutual influence. With regard to political theories, approaches from the perspective of gender studies, migration studies, and citizenship studies have developed separately without much mutual recognition and inspiration. With regard to EU legislation, we have observed the separate introduction of women and anti-discrimination legislation taking place in different periods of time. These separations in politics and theory are mirrored in public discourses usually lacking an intersectional political perspective. The chapter examines the intersections between gender and migration and demonstrates that immigrant minorities tend to be victims of exclusionary intersectionality.
