These results have some critical policy implications. Indeed, reducing gender inequality in social institutions increases the probability to have female migrant and then to benefit from its positive effect on gender equality promotion. This paper assesses the two-way linkages between gendered migration and discriminatory social norms, leading to relevant findings on the interaction between social institutions, gender and South-South migration. While gender inequality in social norms constrains female emigration, it has no effect on male emigration, suggesting that men and women's incentives to migrate differ.