Struggling for Rights: African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France
This article considers the political impact of recent migration of women from West Africa to France in the context of draconian controls (the Pasqua Laws). It outlines the main characteristics of both the migration and the legislation, and analyses the principal features of the eighteen month disput...
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Struggling for Rights:
African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France |
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Struggling for Rights:
African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France |
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Struggling for Rights:
African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France |
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African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France |
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African Women and the "Sanspapiers" Movement in France |
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african women and the "sanspapiers" movement in france |
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York University Libraries |
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Refuge |
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0229-5113 1920-7336 |
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1997-10-01 |
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This article considers the political impact
of recent migration of women from
West Africa to France in the context of
draconian controls (the Pasqua Laws).
It outlines the main characteristics of
both the migration and the legislation,
and analyses the principal features of
the eighteen month dispute for the legalization
of undocumented workers
which has become known as the "lutte
des sanspapiers." |
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