In South Korea, marriage migrants' housing welfare is typically framed within the 'multicultural family support' policy, which emphasizes maintaining a 'decent' family structure.This research brief critically examines this framework and argues for incorporating a gender perspective in housing welfare policies.The findings are based on a review of current policies and interviews with 11 marriage migrant women.The study shows that the current framework largely views marriage migrant women as dependents of their Korean husbands or caregivers for their children, focusing too heavily on childbirth and child-rearing while overlooking their independence.The interviews identify four key factors contributing to their marginalization in housing welfare: language barriers, disparities in access to information, social stigma, and racial prejudice.These factors intersect with gender inequality, further disadvantaging them.This research brief calls for a shift in housing welfare policies, moving beyond the policy framework of multicultural family support that reinforces traditional gender roles.Policies should recognize marriage migrant women as independent immigrants with unique housing challenges.Incorporating a gender perspective is essential for ensuring equitable access to housing welfare and promoting their rights and agency.1Introduction In South Korea, the welfare issues and policies concerning marriage migrant women have primarily been studied and discussed within the framework of multicultural families support-in short multicultural family framework, which has a strong focus on how to ensure the marriage migrants women maintain a good familyhood.In this framework, studies have long focused on analysing conflicts arising between marriage migrant women and their Korean husbands or inlaws, causes of divorce, difficulties in childbirth and child-rearing, and the stress associated with these challenges.Consequently, welfare programmes for the marriage migrant women have largely been developed to address these issues,
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