Feminisation Processes and Internal Migration in the Latin America Context: A Case Study

Abstract: This work examines the feminization of migration, adopting a recent qualitative study perspective which analyses migrant women’s active role and agency. The purpose of this study is to highlight the interconnection between the structural process of reorganisation of the global labour market and those individual and collective factors which exert influence on choices, strategies, and practices of migrant women, also given the consequences of migration in terms of gender dynamics. The specific context of Chile will be examined, starting from the reconstruction of the modalities with which women actualize their migrant plan, the domestic and intergenerational consequences of their reproductive and productive role, as well as the the incidence that gender, country of origin, and phenotypical and racial characteristics have on the dynamics of production and the reproduction of inequalities