INTRODUCTION Integration is a phenomenon that has been gaining ground the world over. It can be seen in the Americas in the forms of a customs unions like MERCOSUR (South America) or a free trade area like NAFTA (North America), a common market in Europe with the EU, and regional cooperation in Asia with ASEAN. It comes as no surprise therefore that Africa would be on the verge of the developme...

Abstract Much of the discourse on West African migration ignores gender perspectives or tends to focus women ‘as’ while men are portrayed as, perhaps unwittingly, neutral un-gendered. On contrary, both and migrate from their homes either permanently temporarily with without families. These movements impact traditional family system many countries within region migrants themselves. The notion ma...