A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'

This article explores the relationship between migration and empowerment, and demonstrates the benefits of addressing the conditions migrants leave behind, to understand migration flows. Among Ukrainian migrants, a significant share is women aged 40–70 who leave family behind in Ukraine to care for...

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Main Author:	Guri Tyldum
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Helsinki University Press 2015-09-01
Series:	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Subjects:	migration ukraine italy domestic work divorce empowerment
Online Access:	https://journal-njmr.org/articles/168

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spelling	doaj-cc54f2da80c14ceaba91d86068ce292f2020-11-25T03:54:17ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2015-09-015313514210.1515/njmr-2015-0016154A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'Guri Tyldum0Fafo Institute for Labour and Social StudiesThis article explores the relationship between migration and empowerment, and demonstrates the benefits of addressing the conditions migrants leave behind, to understand migration flows. Among Ukrainian migrants, a significant share is women aged 40–70 who leave family behind in Ukraine to care for the elderly in Italy. The article describes several factors that have shaped the high level of mobility for this generation women in Ukraine, and identifies as a key mechanism the religious and economic limitations on divorce.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/168migrationukraineitalydomestic workdivorceempowerment
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title	A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'
title_short	A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'
title_full	A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'
title_fullStr	A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'
title_full_unstemmed	A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'
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publisher	Helsinki University Press
series	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
issn	1799-649X
publishDate	2015-09-01
description	This article explores the relationship between migration and empowerment, and demonstrates the benefits of addressing the conditions migrants leave behind, to understand migration flows. Among Ukrainian migrants, a significant share is women aged 40–70 who leave family behind in Ukraine to care for the elderly in Italy. The article describes several factors that have shaped the high level of mobility for this generation women in Ukraine, and identifies as a key mechanism the religious and economic limitations on divorce.
topic	migration ukraine italy domestic work divorce empowerment
url	https://journal-njmr.org/articles/168
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A Welcomed Separation: 'Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce'

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