Probing the Context of Vulnerability

Zimbabwean Migrant Women's Experiences of Accessing Public Health Care in South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13112673
AutoresVictoria M Mutambara (0000-0002-9399-4782, University of KwaZulu-Natal, autor de correspondencia), Maheshvari Naidu (0000-0003-0398-3834)
Año2021
Volumen7
Número1
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2410-7972 • E-ISSN: 2411-6955
EditorialUniversity of the Western Cape Library Service (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14426/ahmr.v7i1.863
OpenAlexW4285531119
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas15

The economic meltdown and worsening levels of poverty in Zimbabwe led to a significant increase in the number of women migrating to South Africa from 2005 to 2010 (Crush et al., 2015: 367). A Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) survey in 1997 found that 61% of Zimbabwean migrants were male and 39% were female (Crush et al., 2015: 367). This suggested that there was an increase in the number of women migrating to South Africa compared with other countries in Southern Africa. This gives us reason to speculate that the numbers could have increased a decade later because of the economic crisis that resulted in large numbers of people migrating out of Zimbabwe. Most Zimbabwean women are now moving across borders independently of their spouses and partners in search of better and sustainable livelihoods (Dzingirai et al., 2015: 13; Mbiyozo, 2019). Whilst some have valid immigration documents, a large number of these women are undocumented, which heightens their vulnerability to various structures of violence (Bloch, 2010;Rutherford, 2020: 172)

Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Livelihood · Political science · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma