From Aspirationsto Vulnerabilities
Social Media andBangladeshi Women’sLabour Migration
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 22009945 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Rumana Khorshed (0009-0006-2059-4549, Balsillie School of International Affairs, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-04-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Migration and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2163-2324 • E-ISSN: 2163-2332 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21632324261443845 |
| OpenAlex | W7159617830 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 28 |
This article investigates how social media is represented in policy, academic and institutional discourses as a mediating force in Bangladeshi women’s labour migration. Employing a critical interpretive synthesis of secondary studies and reports, it examines four dimensions: social media’s role in shaping migration aspirations, recruitment mediation, the empowerment–vulnerability paradox and implications for digital migration governance. The study reveals that algorithmically amplified success narratives conceal structural risks through‘algorithmic optimism’ about migration outcomes. A hybrid recruitment ecosystem, combining formal platforms and informal brokers, allows women access to overseas jobs while leaving intermediaries unregulated, creating anempowerment–vulnerability paradox, where transnational solidarity coexists with fraud, exploitation and surveillance. The article critiques state-centric migration governance, arguing that transnational platforms bypass national regulatory frameworks and exposing structural gaps in existing policyarchitectures. To foster safe migration for Bangladeshi women, this article advocates for digital migration governance incorporating algorithmic accountability, cross-border online recruitment controls and inclusive digital literacy initiatives. Based on secondary and institutional sources, it contributes anintegrated analytical framework connecting platform governance, gendered migration infrastructure and feminist political economy
Corporate governance · Digital media · Intermediary · Narrative · Politics · Social media · Solidarity · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Feminist policy and platform economy
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Global care chains
Theories of International Migration
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Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method
Play and Counter-Conduct
Power, difference and mobility
Migration Infrastructure
The Paper that you Have in Your Hand is My Freedom”
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A Crisis of Opportunity
Algorithmic content moderation
Women's participation in microfinance
How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration
Bangladeshi women migrants amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Resources, Agency, Achievements
Opening the Black Box of Migration
Dubailiving and Digital Placemaking on TikTok
I'm Here, but I'm There
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |