A Welcomed Separation: Understanding female migration in light of limited access to divorce
By: Guri Tyldum
Abstract
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.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2015-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1799-649X
Language: English
Page range: 135 - 142
Published on: Sep 1, 2015
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2015 Guri Tyldum, published by Helsinki University Press
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