Migrantinnen in Europa -- Aspekte der Mehrfachdiskriminierung

In: Peripherie: Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, Band 13, Heft 49, S. 68-78

Abstract

Discusses the multifaceted discrimination that marginalizes female immigrants to Europe. Migration push & pull factors include: Third World urbanization, demographic development in North Africa, ethnic conflict, improvement of education without corresponding increases in job opportunities, expansion of cultural contact through globalized communication, & expansion of social networks through pioneer migration. Most women migrants face multiple forms of political-institutional discrimination based on race &/or gender. Discrimination is legitimated through the ideological construction of "exotic femininity" & other sexist & racist stereotypes. Such images are also used to confine migrant women to low-wage, invisible jobs. These women are often characterized as passive victims, while in reality they are the primary agents of social change within ethnic communities & commonly organize against sexism by both European & migrant men. 20 References. Adapted from the source document.