The articles in this collection explore the wide range of reasons why women and men decide to move within and outside their native countries, whether it be for employment, upon marriage or in response to conflict. The authors stress the importance of seeing an individual migrant in her or his context as a member of a social network, spanning different locations. Understanding these links helps us to understand migration as part of a wider strategy for making a living. The articles also explore how migration may offer women a chance to challenge oppressive gender relations: migrants are exposed to different ways of being and doing, which show that culture is neither universal or fixed. Conversely, migration may be a route into continuing gender-based discrimination, because women become isolated from their support systems.

Caroline Sweetman
Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.

Outcomes of Social and Environmental Change in the Kalahari of Botswana: The Role of Migration

Sporton, Deborah

Thomas, David S.G.

Morrison, Jean

Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 25 (1999), Iss. 3 P.441

https://doi.org/10.1080/030570799108605 [Citations: 8]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Ahora la Luz

Lorentzen, Lois Ann

Bazan, Luis Enrique

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-011 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Americanizing Philippine Churches and Filipinizing American Congregations

Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-009 [Citations: 1]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Religious Organizations in San Francisco Chinatown

Chun, Kevin M.

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-006 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

References

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-017 [Citations: 0]

Rural Women, Displacement and the Three Gorges Project

Tan, Yan

Hugo, Graeme

Potter, Lesley

Development and Change, Vol. 36 (2005), Iss. 4 P.711

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00431.x [Citations: 15]

Räume der Emanzipation

Grenzräume — Zwischenräume: „Ich habe zwei Leben“

Koch, Angela

Metz-Göckel, Sigrid

2004

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-85139-0_8 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

El Milagro Está en Casa

Lorentzen, Lois Ann

Mira, Rosalina

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-004 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Counterhegemony Finds Place in a Hegemon

Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay

Rosario, Claudine del

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-016 [Citations: 1]

Displacement and Resettlement in the Three Gorges Project: Issues Confronting Women Migrants

Tan, Yan

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 17 (2008), Iss. 1 P.1

https://doi.org/10.1177/011719680801700101 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Devotional Crossings

Howe, Cymene

Zaraysky, Susanna

Lorentzen, Lois Ann

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-002 [Citations: 3]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Transnational Hetzmek

de Mola, Patricia Fortuny Loret

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-012 [Citations: 1]

Reconstructing Racialised Femininity: Stories from Venezuelan migrant women

Collins, Tivia

Daly, Richie

Migration and Development, Vol. 10 (2021), Iss. 2 P.294

https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2020.1809283 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Creating a Transnational Religious Community

Lee, Jonathan H. X.

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-010 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Immigrant Religious Adaptation

Do, Hien Duc

Khúc, Mimi

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-007 [Citations: 0]

Migrating identities: gender, whiteness and Britishness in post-colonial Hong Kong

Leonard, Pauline

Gender, Place & Culture, Vol. 15 (2008), Iss. 1 P.45

https://doi.org/10.1080/09663690701817519 [Citations: 58]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

Sexual Borderlands

Howe, Cymene

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-003 [Citations: 3]

Migration, development, and reproductive health: selected experiences of an NGO in Ireland

Bakhru, Tanya

Gender & Development, Vol. 16 (2008), Iss. 2 P.301

https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070802120483 [Citations: 1]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

We Do Not Bowl Alone

Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay

Maison, Andrea

Marzan, Dennis

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-015 [Citations: 0]

Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana

The Latino “Springtime” of the Catholic Church

Horton, Sarah

2009

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822391166-013 [Citations: 1]

Marriage Migration, Patriarchal Bargains, and Wife Abuse

Chaudhuri, Soma

Morash, Merry

Yingling, Julie

Violence Against Women, Vol. 20 (2014), Iss. 2 P.141

https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801214521326 [Citations: 59]

Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Immigration Process

Rank, Lorrie

Peace Review, Vol. 14 (2002), Iss. 4 P.373

https://doi.org/10.1080/1040265022000039141 [Citations: 19]