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Migrant Women in South Brazil and their Process of Empowerment (Web article)
Teresa Kleba Lisboa
2002, Berlin
Article, Web Article
English
Gender and ethnic issue, contribution of feminist studies for sociology, trajectories and the reasons of migration, role of social networks in acculturation of migrants, class, gender and ethnic identity, women´s empowerment process.
The article analyses the process of empowerment of female leaders of two communities in the South Brazilian region. The report on migration trajectories demonstrates that the reason for the migration of these women and their families from the countryside to the city. Article concludes that the process of empowerment of leadership implies firstly the acquisition of a private space, the dwelling, where the relationship of production and reproduction in daily life are able to develop self-esteem, followed by the division of role inside the domestic space and even in public life.
Milan Pukancik
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