Gains and losses

African Australian women and higher education

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2399263
AutoresD X Harris (0000-0002-1138-8229, Monash University), Anne Harris (0000-0002-3179-729X, Monash University, Clayton), C Sparks (0000-0001-7340-1540, Australian National University, Canberra), Mimmie Ngum Chi Watts (Victoria University, Melbourne), Mimmie Claudine Watts (0000-0001-5980-6402, Victoria University)
Año2015
Volumen51
Número2
Páginas370-384
Fecha de publicación2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1440783314536792
OpenAlexW2088549064
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas28

This article argues that African women migrants in Australia are increasingly enrolling in and successfully completing tertiary study, usually at high emotional and financial cost. While this qualitative study has shown that both refugee-background and non-refugee African Australian women's enrolment in higher education is enabling new forms of participation and belonging in resettlement, it continues to challenge the women's more traditional cultural roles and identities. This article argues that these gendered negotiations are noted only cursorily (if at all) within education and health contexts, and, importantly, form a primary obstacle facing African Australian women in migration and refugee resettlement transition

Economic growth · Higher education · Negotiation · Political science · Qualitative research · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma