1st Edition

Women, Gender and Labour Migration Historical and Cultural Perspectives

Edited By Pamela Sharpe Copyright 2001
    340 Pages
    by Routledge

    340 Pages
    by Routledge

    Approximately half of all migrants today are female. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which attention to gender is moving debates away from old paradigms, such as the push/pull motivation which used to dominate the field of migration studies. The authors consider women's experience of migration, especially in long distance, transnational moves. They examine the extent to which labour migration is a social and strategic decision for women.

    Biography

    Pamela Sharpe