Migrant women, weaving democracy and sorority from partnership. A qualitative and intersectional approach

<p>In the last decades, studies from feminist perspectives have questioned the monolithic use of “woman” category and they have demonstrated an increasing interest in other types of considerations such as ethnicity, nationality or the social class. From this standpoint —feminist and intersecti...

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Main Authors: Raquel Royo Prieto, María Silvestre Cabrera, Lia González Estepa, Estibaliz Linares Bahillo, Maialen Suarez Errekalde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2017-06-01
Series:Investigaciones Feministas
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/54496
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Summary:<p>In the last decades, studies from feminist perspectives have questioned the monolithic use of “woman” category and they have demonstrated an increasing interest in other types of considerations such as ethnicity, nationality or the social class. From this standpoint —feminist and intersectional—, this study focuses on the partnership of he migrant women of Biscay, which constitutes a rich source of knowledge. The qualitative methodology, which is based on focus groups, allows us to approach the interaction between multiple inequalities affecting the migrant women´s lives and placing them in particular vulnerable situations. However, above all, this qualitative approximation lets us recognise and study these structures as resilient spaces, which are capable of producing strategies for coping, sorority and democratic participation. The narratives of disclose the role that they and their partnership perform in welfare promotion, empowerment and also, in the fight against multiple inequalities.</p>
ISSN:2171-6080