STRATEGIC INDIVIDUALISM: AN EXPLORATORY FRAMEWORK TO CENTRE THE ASPIRATIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN EUROPE
STRATEGIC INDIVIDUALISM: AN EXPLORATORY FRAMEWORK TO CENTRE THE ASPIRATIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN EUROPE
Author(s): Damini Purkayastha
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Summary/Abstract: This is a vignette from a conversation with Sofie, a business manager from Chile, who moved to Belgium in 2018 to live with her Flemish partner. Since then, she has learnt the local language, attended networking events, enrolled for local job trainings, and applied for multiple jobs. Her brief but heartfelt words introduce us to an aspect of family migration that policies often fail to account for – the individual aspirations of family migrants.
Book: New “Other” - Thoughts on Migration and Migrants
- Page Range: 11-31
- Page Count: 21
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
