Women’s Integration in Migration Contexts: Violence, Digital Vulnerabilities and Hybrid Social Policy Responses in Türkiye
Chapter from the book: Yılmaz, M. (ed.) 2026. Social Problems and Social Policy in the Era of AI-I .

Cumhur Havan
Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality

Synopsis

Women’s integration in migration contexts is often framed through indicators such as employment, language acquisition, and social participation. However, these approaches frequently overlook the gendered risks and structural inequalities that shape migrant women’s lived experiences. Violence against women, digital vulnerability, economic dependency, and fragmented institutional responses constitute major barriers to sustainable integration, particularly for migrant women exposed to multiple forms of exclusion. This chapter examines migrant women’s integration in Türkiye through the lens of hybrid social policy responses, a framework that conceptualises integration as a multidimensional and interconnected process. Drawing on qualitative document analysis, the chapter synthesises international migration and gender literature with Turkish empirical studies on violence against women, digital violence, institutional protection mechanisms, social work practices, civil society organisations, and women’s employment. The analysis demonstrates that integration outcomes are deeply influenced by the interaction between protection mechanisms, labour market participation, digital environments, and multi-actor governance structures. The chapter argues that addressing migrant women’s integration requires coordinated and gender-sensitive policy frameworks that move beyond fragmented and crisis-oriented interventions. By integrating protection, empowerment, and participation across institutional, economic, and digital domains, hybrid social policy responses offer a holistic and context-sensitive approach to women’s integration in migration settings. The chapter contributes to migration and gender studies by providing an analytical model that is both theoretically grounded and policy relevant for Türkiye and comparable contexts.

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Havan, C. (2026). Women’s Integration in Migration Contexts: Violence, Digital Vulnerabilities and Hybrid Social Policy Responses in Türkiye. In: Yılmaz, M. (ed.), Social Problems and Social Policy in the Era of AI-I . Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub1256.c5112

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March 18, 2026

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