New Dynamics in Female Migration and Integration (Routledge Research in Gender and Society Book 45)

This Book Explores The Dynamic Interplay Between Cross-national And Cross-cultural Patterns Of Female Migration, Integration And Social Change, By Focusing On The Specific Case Of Belgium. It Provides Insight Into The Dynamic Interplay Between Gender And Migration, And Especially Contributes To The Knowledge Of How Migration Changes Gender Relations In Belgium, As Well As In The Regions Of Origin. To This End, An Analytical Model For Conducting Gender-sensitive Migration Research Is Developed Out Of An Initial Theory-driven Conceptual Model. Employing A Transversal Approach, The Researchers Reveal Similarities And Differences Across National Backgrounds, Disclosing The Underlying, More Universal Gender Dynamics-- Gender-sensitive Migration Research: Theory, Concepts And Methods / Rilke Mahieu, Christiane Timmerman And Petra Heyse -- Female Migration Into Belgium / Lieselot Vanduynslager And Johan Wets -- Migrant Women In The Labor Market / Andrea Rea -- The Migration Trajectories Of Russian And Ukrainian Women In Belgium / Petra Heyse, Rilke Mahieu And Christiane Timmerman -- Female Filipino Migrants In Belgium: A Qualitative Analysis Of Trends And Practices / Fernando Pauwels -- Gender And Latin American Migration To Belgium / Marie Godin, Any Freitas And Andrea Rea -- Migration Of Romanian Women To Belgium: Strategies And Dynamics Of The Migration Process / Alice Poncelet And Marco Martiniello -- The Migration Of Nigerian Women To Belgium: Qualitative Analysis Of Trends And Dynamics / Fatima Zibouh And Marco Martiniello -- Explaining Female Migration And Integration Patterns: A Transversal Analysis / Any Freitas, Marie Godin, Petra Heyse, Fernando Pauwels, Alice Poncelet, Fatima Zibouh, Athanasia Mbah-fongkimeh, Christiane Timmerman, Marco Martiniello, Andrea Rea And Johan Wets. Edited By Christiane Timmerman [and Three Others]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 Gender-Sensitive Migration Research: Theory, Concepts and Methods......Page 22 2 Female Migration into Belgium......Page 39 3 Migrant Women in the Labor Market......Page 61 4 The Migration Trajectories of Russian and Ukrainian Women in Belgium......Page 81 5 Female Filipino Migrants in Belgium: A Qualitative Analysis of Trends and Practices......Page 115 6 Gender and Latin American Migration to Belgium......Page 138 7 Migration of Romanian Women to Belgium: Strategies and Dynamics of the Migration Process......Page 170 8 The Migration of Nigerian Women to Belgium: Qualitative Analysis of Trends and Dynamics......Page 198 9 Explaining Female Migration and Integration Patterns: A Transversal Analysis......Page 220 Conclusion......Page 248 Contributors......Page 258 Index......Page 260 This book explores the dynamic interplay between cross-national and cross-cultural patterns of female migration, presenting insights gathered through theory-drivenbut empirically-based research. Besides a static gender analysis, much emphasis is placed on the dynamic interactions between gender and migration: namely, how gender relations in the region of origin and destination lead to migration and - conversely - how gender relations are changing through migration processes and careers