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In this review essay, I argue that migration theory can be advanced by
analysing gender differences in migration processes. I bring together
feminist empirical work from diverse settings within Latin America in
order to illustrate and discuss theoretical extensions to migration r
esearch. In particular, the discussion focuses on the centrality of in
trahousehold power relations and dynamics for understanding who migrat
es, and with what consequences. I further argue that these theoretical
understandings emerge from the culturally and historically specific o
peration of processes in particular places within Latin America.