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The Feminine Side of Immigration
Diario de Mexico, News
Report
Translated by Marissa
Billowitz for Voices That Must Be
Heard
NEW YORK – Women are now nearly half of
the immigrant population world-wide as more and more of them take on
greater responsibility for their family’s welfare.
Of the 180,000,000 international
migrants, almost half are women, many of whom are coming alone without
their partners, a new trend in immigration patterns. More women are
migrating on their own in search of better job markets. The
incorporation of women into the paid workforce is one cause behind the
rise of women in international migration.
The majority of women migrate to the
United States, which receives about three-fourths of the total migratory
flow, followed by Spain, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom, says
Patricia Cortés Castellanos, a consultant with population division of
the Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The majority of women make the decision
to migrate on their own, although there are a significant number who
cross borders because of armed conflict, poverty, environmental
deterioration or natural disasters.
In addition, ECLAC indicates that other
women who migrate are forced to leave their countries after becoming
victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or exploitation by
international traffickers.
The migration of women within the region
is facilitated by geography, cultural similarities and a common
language, says Cortés. The migrants are mostly young women of
reproductive age, many single mothers or heads of household. Cortés says
that the feminization of immigration and the role that the women take,
as principal providers for their families through the money they send
home, is changing the subordination of women. She does warn, however,
against economic exploitation.
Finally, the report affirms that it is
of utmost importance to promote the empowerment of migrant groups in
order to claim their rights, especially women who are doubly vulnerable
as women and as migrants. Cortés also stresses the need to recognize the
important economic support that migrants provide to their home countries
through money transfers.
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