Immigration experience of Latin American working women in Alicante,
Spain: an ethnographic study
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| Authors: | Liliana González-Juárez Ana Lucía Nore?a-Pe?a Luis Cibanal-Juan |
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| Institution: | 2.Doctoral student, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Professor, Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico;3.PhD, Assistant Professor, Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain;4.PhD, Professor, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: to describe the experience of Latin American working women regarding immigration,
taking into account the expectations and conditions in which this process takes
place. METHOD: ethnographic qualitative study. Data collection was performed by means of
semi-structured interviews with 24 Latin American immigrant women in Spain. The
information collected was triangulated through two focal groups. RESULTS: the expectations of migrant women focus on improving family living conditions.
Social support is essential for their settling and to perform daily life
activities. They declare they have adapted to the settlement country, although
they live with stress. They perceive they have greater sexual freedom and power
with their partners but keep greater responsibility in childcare, combining that
with the role of working woman. CONCLUSIONS: migrant women play a key role in the survival of households, they build and
create new meanings about being a woman, their understanding of life, their social
and couple relationships. Such importance is shaped by their expectations and the
conditions in which the migration process takes place, as well as their work
integration. |
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| Keywords: | Women''s Health Emigration and Immigration Transfer of Experience (Psychology) Anthropology Cultural |
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