Migration, trafficking and gender construction : women in transition / edited by Roli Misra ; foreword by Paula Banerjee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Misra, Roli, editor.

Banerjee, Paula, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women immigrants.

Women migrant labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2020.

Summary:

Bringing together essays on India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Europe, Migration, Trafficking and Gender Construction: Women in Transition offers valuable insights on women's migration and demonstrates how tremendous political upheavals--the partition of India, the creation of Burma or the breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia--bring about new geography, demography and economies that are conducive to people's displacement. Immigrants face racial-ethnic stratification, location segregation in ghettoes or camps and difficulties to access economic opportunities, leading usually to downward assimilation. Emphasizing intersectionality between gender and migration, the book highlights women's experiences holistically and also shows how migration is closely aligned to trafficking. Through narratives, case studies and secondary data from different regions and countries, it points out the very different significance of female labour migration compared to men's. Ongoing conflicts and forcible displacement against 'newcomers', where women are particularly vulnerable, are discussed, as are the complexities of ethnic identity. This book will give readers a comprehensive idea of the scale and complexity of women's migration today.

Contents:

1. Labour migration in Bangladesh: experiences of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) indigenous women workers / Ena Tripura

2. Dynamics of female migration in India: issues and concerns / Sandhya R. Mahapatro

3. Interface between migration and trafficking: a case of tribal minor girls from Jharkhand / Gomati Bodra Hembrom

4. Places of migrants' hope: Bosnian women in migration / Sanela Bašić

5. Violence, forced migration and vulnerability of the Adivasi women in western Assam / Nazimuddin Siddique

6. Towards emancipaition or bondage? Rohingya women's narratives from Bangladesh refugee camps and Indian jails / Sucharita Sengupta

7. Female migrants at the doors of fortress Europe: the case of Slovenia / Sanja Cukut Krilić

8. Care relations of resettled refugees: case study, Finland / Kati Turtiainen

9. Requestioning identity: female descendants of immigrants from former Yugoslavia in Slovenia / Mateja Sedmak

10. Precariousness of migrant women: between structural constraints and coping strategies / Mojca Pajnik and Veronika Bajt

About the editor and contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-81345-48-1

93-81345-49-X