TY - JOUR
T1 - The precarity of gender, migration, and locations
T2 - case studies from Bangladesh and Nepal
AU - Wu, Joyce
AU - Kilby, Patrick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - While migration debates point to both empowerment and disempowerment in the range of choices that women can experience due to patriarchal norms in the home country and families, migration norms themselves can at the same time be disempowering. This paper explores the idea of precarity as a way through this paradox. By using Key Informant Interviews in case studies from Nepal and Bangladesh, we show how the precarity of migration can change not only due to patriarchal norms at the origin and host country but also events such as COVID-19 can have a profound effect on women’s choices and agency.
AB - While migration debates point to both empowerment and disempowerment in the range of choices that women can experience due to patriarchal norms in the home country and families, migration norms themselves can at the same time be disempowering. This paper explores the idea of precarity as a way through this paradox. By using Key Informant Interviews in case studies from Nepal and Bangladesh, we show how the precarity of migration can change not only due to patriarchal norms at the origin and host country but also events such as COVID-19 can have a profound effect on women’s choices and agency.
KW - Migration labour and livelihoods
KW - gender and diversity
KW - region South Asia
KW - rights
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129586116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09614524.2022.2057441
DO - 10.1080/09614524.2022.2057441
M3 - Article
SN - 0961-4524
VL - 33
SP - 145
EP - 155
JO - Development in Practice
JF - Development in Practice
IS - 2
ER -