Gender and Migration (Paperback)

The articles in this collection explore the wide range of reasons why women and men decide to move within and outside their native countries, whether it be for employment, upon marriage or in response to conflict. The authors stress the importance of seeing an individual migrant in her or his context as a member of a social network, spanning different locations. Understanding these links helps us to understand migration as part of a wider strategy for making a living. The articles also explore how migration may offer women a chance to challenge oppressive gender relations: migrants are exposed to different ways of being and doing, which show that culture is neither universal or fixed. Conversely, migration may be a route into continuing gender-based discrimination, because women become isolated from their support systems.

General

Imprint:	Oxfam
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	October 1998
Authors:	Caroline Sweetman
Dimensions:	248 x 189 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	72
ISBN-13:	978-0-85598-399-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
LSN:	0-85598-399-X
Barcode:	9780855983994

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