Female Trans-border Migration

Case of Rwandan Women Migrants in Durban, South Africa

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ID18960995
AuthorsRudigi Rukema Joseph (corresponding author), Sultan Khan (0000-0003-2835-4655, Address for Communication), Sultan Habibullah Khan (0000-0002-3200-5151, Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po)
Year2015
Volume15
Issue2
Pages315-330
Publication date2015-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Oriental Anthropologist A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0972-558X • E-ISSN: 0976-3430
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0972558x1501500206
OpenAlexW4297959684
LanguageEN
References cited4

In the trans-border migration discourse, it would appear that such forms of migration in the main comprise men. Scant attention has been accorded to researching female initiated migration. One of the challenges confronting migration researchers is access to respondents that will share their experiences in fear of being exposed to repatriation or coming into conflict with migratory laws of the host country. This study overcomes such challenges by engaging with fifteen Rwandan female migrants who have self-initiated their migration to South Africa. It recounts whether their decision to migrate to South Africa has been mitigated by economic and social motives and whether such decision to migrate was voluntary. Their experiences in the migration journey and the steps that they take to secure a livelihood are explored. The impact of social networks before and after migration to their host country is analysed

Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Geography · Human migration · Irregular migration · Livelihood · Political science · Population · Repatriation · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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