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The multidirectional 'care ecologies' of migrant women during the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID3977966
AutoresAkbar Soltani (0000-0001-5092-7961, Independent researcher, Bordeaux, France, autor de correspondencia), H Thorpe (0000-0002-2420-1929, University of Waikato), Julie Brice (0000-0001-8828-5546, California State University, Fullerton)
Año2024
Volumen25
Número8
Páginas1228-1247
Fecha de publicación2024-09-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2023.2275761
OpenAlexW4388232004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas73

Drawing upon the concept of 'care ecology', in this paper we explore migrant women's unpaid caring activities and emotional labour within the spatial orderings of the COVID-19 pandemic in and beyond Aotearoa New Zealand. In dialogue with 12 middle-class migrant women, this paper sketches a complex picture of the ways informal and unpaid caring activities are conducted across multiple scales of body, home, countries of origin and Aotearoa. The findings revealed migrant women's caring activities were disturbed, intensified, and informed by spatial structures of the pandemic, including border closures, lockdowns and (in)accessibility to care services in Aotearoa and their homelands. These results highlight further that unpaid care, both at transnational and local levels, is not simply due to an individual's capacity and feelings of responsibility, but is also a collective spatial construction that is shaped by a range of social, cultural, and political factors. Our research emphasises that addressing mental health challenges of migrant women during the pandemic requires targeted policies that acknowledge their invisible emotional labour and cater to their specific needs

Aotearoa · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology