Women and Migration

Extrait de la couverture : "Why do women migrate? What are their specific functions in migration processes? What strategies and network do they develop in order to cope with the social, cultural, and economic requirements found in their new environment? How are gender relations and roles transformed in the context of migration? How do women see themselves and the respective "others"? All contributions to this volume describe women as social actors within specific migration porcesses and point out women's creativity in shapping migrant settings. This perspective counter-balances common descriptions of women as more or less invisible and dependent victims of (male) migration."