Feminist Approaches to Global Migration

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Karleah Harris ◽  
Roseline Jindori Yunusa Vakkia ◽  
Gifty Dede Ashirifi ◽  
Peter McCarthy ◽  
Kieu Ngoc Le
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
International Policies

Women comprise slightly less than half of the total population of immigrants across the world. As advocacy and fight for equal rights, opportunities, and identity for women continue, migration opens doors to global education for immigrant women to obtain personal autonomy, independence, empowerment, and a chance of earning higher wages than what they would have earned in their home countries. On the opposite end, women may also face oppression, gender inequality, and discrimination based on their ethnicity, class, and race through migration. This chapter highlights the rewards and drawbacks experienced by migrant women and feminist theory approaches to global migration. Examining the experience of migrant women using feminist theory underpinnings could potentially lead to deeper understanding and recommendations for international policies as well as evidence-based, culturally competent interventions to assist women migrants.

Interacting Legal Norms and Cross-Border Divorce: Stories of Filipino Migrant Women in the Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-529
Author(s):  
Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Filipino Women ◽  
Transnational Social Spaces ◽  
Filipino Migrants

The Philippines is one of only two states in the world in which absolute divorce remains largely impossible. Through its family laws, it regulates the marriage, family life and conjugal separation of its citizens, including its migrants abroad. To find out how these family laws interact with those in the receiving country of Filipino migrants and shape their lives, the present paper examines the case of Filipino women who experienced or are undergoing divorce in the Netherlands. Drawing from semi-structured interviews and an analysis of selected divorce stories, it unveils the intertwined institutions of marriage and of divorce, the constraints but also possibilities that interacting legal norms bring in the life of Filipino women, and the way these migrants navigate such norms within their transnational social spaces. These findings contribute interesting insights into cross-border divorces in the present age of global migration.

Organizing women migrants: The Filipino and Cape Verdean women’s associations in Rome

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Wendy Pojmann
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Women ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Women's Associations ◽  
Women's Organizing ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Female Migrant ◽  
Migrant Groups

Migrant women’s associations in Italy did not simply emerge from informal networks. The Filipino and Cape Verdean women’s associations in Rome are examples of the results of multiple factors that contributed to the strategy of self-organization established by migrant women with the intention of empowering themselves. An awareness of their unique position as women from mostly-female migrant groups, a lack of institutional bodies prepared to assist them, and the leadership of individual women were key aspects in the formation of the first migrant women’s associations in Rome. Gender and nationality were the main components of migrant women’s organizing in the first mostly-female migrant groups. 

Global migration: The need for culturally competent school psychologists

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desireé Vega ◽  
Jon Lasser ◽  
Cynthia Plotts
Keyword(s):  
School Psychologists ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Global Migration

scholarly journals Gender and Migration in Greece: The Position and Status of Albanian Women in Patras

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (77) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitra Charalampopoulu
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

Greece has experienced major changes in its migration patterns.After a century or so of emigration, it has now become a country of immigration. Much academic research has concentrated on the impact this change has on Greek society. However, there is a tendency to ignore the role that gender plays in the migration process. This article addresses the issue of Albanian immigration to Greece, focusing on the aspect of gender. It presents the living and working conditions of Albanian women who migrate to Greece, especially to one of its cities, Patras. It examines the new migration process through the eyes of women migrants. It is centred on their narration about their journey to Greece, their decision to migrate, the problems that they face, their experiences and plans for the future: in short, their life stories. Finally, the article draws attention to the need for further research on issues concerning migrant women in Greece.

Overview of Integrative Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST)

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
David R. Grove ◽  
Gilbert J. Greene ◽  
Mo Yee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Trauma Treatment ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Trauma Informed

This chapter outlines integrative family and systems treatment (I-FAST). Theoretical and philosophical perspectives in which I-FAST is organized around are described. Treatment steps are outlined. Family assessment and goal setting procedures are described. How these procedures are used for in-session and between-session tasks, framing and reframing, and the use of questions as intervention procedures within I-FAST are described. The chapter also discusses how to integrate intervention procedures from any evidence-based trauma treatment into I-FAST and how I-FAST is culturally competent and consistent with trauma-informed care is discussed. Finally, a detailed case example showing the application of I-FAST is offered.

scholarly journals Contraceptive use among migrant, second-generation migrant and non-migrant women seeking abortion care: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Emtell Iwarsson ◽  
Elin C Larsson ◽  
Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson ◽  
Birgitta Essén ◽  
Marie Klingberg-Allvin
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Abortion Care ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Second Generation Migrants

IntroductionThe objective of this study was to compare ever-in life contraception use, use of contraception at current conception, and planned use of contraception after an induced abortion, among three groups of women: migrants, second-generation migrants and non-migrant women, and to compare the types of contraception methods used and intended for future use among the three groups of women.MethodsThe cross-sectional study administered a questionnaire face-to-face to women aged 18 years and older who were seeking abortion care at one of six abortion clinics in Stockholm County from January to April 2015.ResultsThe analysis included 637 women. Migrants and second-generation migrants were less likely to have used contraception historically, at the time of the current conception, and to plan to use contraception after their induced abortion compared with non-migrant women. Historically, non-migrants had used pills (89%) and withdrawal (24%) while migrants had used the copper intrauterine device (24%) to a higher extent compared to the other two groups of women. Both the migrants (65%) and second-generation migrants (61%) were more likely than the non-migrants (48%) to be planning to use long-acting reversible contraception.ConclusionsLower proportions of contraception use were found in migrants and second-generation migrants than in non-migrants. In addition, there were significant differences in the types of contraception methods used historically and intended for future use.

scholarly journals Teaching Feminist Research Methods: Evidence-Based Teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Angie Hattery ◽  
Shannon Davis
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Feminist Research ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Feminist Research Methods ◽  
Feminist Practice

What are Feminist research methods and how are they different from other, non-Feminist research methods? This presentation begins by interrogating the question of how research methods become labeled as Feminist. Building on this knowledge, we detail how this investigation guided our implementation of a new Feminist Research Methods course. The evaluation [research] of this course yielded information regarding the deeply ingrained connection students have between certain research methods and Feminist practice, despite completing a course that explicitly argued for the application of the label "Feminist" to any research rooted in Feminist theory or practices, regardless of the methodologies employed. Additionally, the evaluation [research] we performed of the first offering of this course has allowed us to revise the course based on evidence, not just "hunches," in ways that improve the student experience as well as identify some of the structural and pedagogical challenges when teaching Feminist research methods.

scholarly journals Helping Optimize Language Acquisition (HOLA) Online Parent Training Modules for Latinx Parents of Toddlers at Risk for ASD: Protocol for a Pilot Funded by the Organization for Autism Research (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Lynn Dodds
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Parent Training ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
South Los Angeles ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Culturally competent parent training in evidence-based intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can provide young Latinx children from underserved communities with early interventional support while they wait for professional services, thus reducing the impact of intervention delays. Providing parents with brief bilingual training in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is a strategy that can overcome these barriers and is inexpensive to disseminate. Brief PRT training has been shown to significantly improve joint attention, expressive language, responsivity, and adaptive skills in young children with ASD. However, it is unknown whether an interactive, culturally competent online parent training in PRT is effective in a Latinx population. OBJECTIVE To this end, we will recruit 24 children (16-36 months old) at risk for ASD and their parent(s) from East and South Los Angeles and provide them with a series of 6 online learning modules in their choice of Spanish or English. METHODS This pilot study will utilize a single-group, pilot, pre-post design with follow-up assessments 6 weeks later. Linear mixed-effects model analysis will be used to explore most parent-reported and coded outcomes. RESULTS Brief online parent training in evidence-based treatments has the capacity to increase access to culturally competent early communication interventions for young children at risk for ASD. CONCLUSIONS The results of this trial may have particular salience in additional underresourced communities where children have limited access to interventions prior to entering school. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT PRR1-10.2196/18004

scholarly journals SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT IN EUROPE OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING MIGRANTS FROM THE CATEGORY “WOMEN-MIGRANTS ADVANCED”

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Margarita Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Family Reunification ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Family Migration ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
European Values

The studies, conducted by the IMAGRI Institute in Europe, allow us to answer the question about the attitude of Russian speaking migrants to European values. The Institute started its activities in 2009, in Brussels. The category of migrants WMA (Women-Migrants Advanced) has highly developed cross-cultural communication skills, but in about half the cases it does not solve the problem of self-realization in their careers and in the society – for this category these concepts are inseparable. “Our” category of migrants, whose number has increased in Europe, requires special integration programmes through entrepreneurship, as our project RESTART (2011–2014) has proved its effectiveness. This research was prompted by communication with migrants and monitoring processes that are currently activated in the Russian diaspora. Of course, the focus of our researches and monitoring is a gender (women’s) group. According to many reports, women make the majority of migrants living in Europe, being present in a significant number in all sectors of migration: family migration (both creation and family reunification), intellectual migration (both professionals and specialists as family members), and labour migration (mainly from the post-Soviet area, but not from Russia). They are the “invisible majority” (experts say) in the Russian migration to Europe. However, by working on research projects in the sphere of migrant women, establishing contacts with various community organizations, consulting experts, we drew attention to the fact that, first of all, women are not only a significant part of immigration, but also an extremely active (both socially and culturally) part of it.

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