Gendered Transnational Parenting

Haagsman, Karlijn; Mazzucato, Valentina

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63347-9_8

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“…The expansion of feminised migration pathways into low‐wage manufacturing and domestic work in the 1970s and 1980s gave rise to scholarship addressing gendered experiences of migration, emphasising the systematic devaluation of women's labour: both in the domestic sphere and through integration into global production networks (Morokvasic, 1984). However, it was not until the late 1990s that scholarship on gender and migration began elaborating the implications of feminised migration with reference to the unpaid care needs of dependent children and, to a lesser extent, elderly relatives ‘left behind' in countries of origin (Haagsman & Mazzucato, 2021). One of the first and most enduring contributions in this respect is Parreñas's (2000) framing of an ‘international division of reproductive labour’, which articulates the interrelationship between increasing female labour force participation across wealthy countries and the transfer of reproductive labour—commodified and devalued through domestic worker migration—from poorer countries of the Global South.…”

Section: The Migration‐care‐development Nexus: An Analytical Frameworkmentioning

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Migration and development, without care? Locating transnational care practices in the migration‐development debate

Withers

Hill

2023

Population Space and Place

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Highly‐restrictive temporary labour migration schemes are commonplace throughout the Indo‐Pacific region and continue to expand amid sustained policy enthusiasm for ‘migration‐development’. Yet, the developmental benefits of guestworker schemes are routinely evaluated according to narrow economic criteria, with little consideration given to transnational family separation and the displacement of socially reproductive labour that sustains everyday life. ‘Migration’, ‘development’ and ‘care’ are deeply interlinked political economic processes, yet they have been theorised in partial isolation. We challenge this analytical disconnect, situating the developmental implications of guestworker migration in relation to the total social organisation of labour, and argue for a more holistic ‘migration‐care‐development' nexus that foregrounds unsustainable disruptions to care economies. We ground our framework in the context of Australia's Pacific Labour Scheme to illustrate the developmental consequences for Pasifika households and communities, highlighting the need for ‘decent care’ policies to address care deficits in support of sustainable and gender‐equitable development.

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Migration and development, without care? Locating transnational care practices in the migration‐development debate

Withers

Hill

2023

Population Space and Place

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“…Originally emerging as an analysis of the feminization of migration pathways in Asia throughout the 1970s and 1980s (Morokvasic, 1984), there later developed a significant focus upon migrant households' negotiation and reorganization of care practices during periods of transnational family separation (Haagsman & Mazzucato, 2021). Parreñas's (2000) seminal work on Filipina domestic workers and the international division of reproductive labour paved the way for theorizing the displacement of unpaid care work within transnational households, as well as the distinctly gendered reallocation of paid and unpaid labour to address emergent 'care deficits' (Gagnon & Khoudour-Castéras, 2011).…”

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“…For her part, Elsie agreed that it was difficult missing special events like birthdays: 'I miss my family and would cry with them over the phone' . These sentiments were echoed by workers from Kiribati and Tonga and suggest that while existing research has tended to focus on transnational parenting done by migrant workers (Haagsman & Mazzucato, 2021), care work performed by family members who stay at home remains important and warrants further attention.…”

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‘Sometimes, men cannot do what women can’: Pacific labour mobility, gender norms and social reproduction

Petrou,

Withers

2023

Global Networks

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Australia's 2018 introduction of the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) broadened the scope and duration of labour mobility pathways available to Pacific Island countries. Although longer term temporary migration schemes like the PLS expand livelihood opportunities for migrant households, they also create challenges related to the maintenance of personal relationships and care practices during transnational family separation. Though pressing concerns for Pacific Island governments, these issues have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with migrants and their households in Kiribati, Tonga and Vanuatu, this article offers some preliminary insights into the way gender norms intersect with the reorganization of socially reproductive labour during migration. Findings indicate that women were disproportionately involved in the performance of additional unpaid care work within migrant households adjusting to transnational family life, but also suggest that women's participation in labour mobility may offer nascent opportunities to increase financial autonomy and social standing through the act of ‘remitting care’.

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“…Global migration has had an impact on the social reconstruction of family and the notion of parenthood (Haagsman & Mazzucato, 2021). Over the years, Australia has seen a growth of lone mother concentration within its regional areas and urban neighbourhoods.…”

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Not Leaving ‘Lone Migrant Mothers’ Behind: The Role of Place-based Childcare Support in Australia’s Marginalised Neighbourhoods

Nagaddya¹,

Stout

2022

JOSI

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In Australia, lone migrant mothers remain an invisible social category within the childcare-poverty discourse. There has been an increase in the population of lone mothers migrating to Australia in pursuit of a better economic life, though with no childcare support. Within the public and political spheres, they are homogenised as single mothers incognisant of how gender intersects with factors such as migration status, ethnicity, lone parenting, and class to induce poverty. Childcare support is not only a pillar to societal flourishment and advancement but also a strategy to settlement and integration. This study aimed at examining lone migrant mothers’ experiences with place-based childcare support within one of the marginalised neighbourhoods in the Liverpool LGA. While dominant narratives broadly associate childcare support to women’s labour participation and gender equality, there is limited knowledge on the role of place-based childcare support among lone migrant mothers. Drawing on Sen’s capabilities theoretical framework, the article demonstrates that place-based childcare support is not only a welfare service but a tool for building localism. Consequently, translating into a structure for creating healthy spaces, place-making and community cohesion, and building neighbourhood capacity – aspects considered core to socio-economic inclusion of women who migrate as lone parents.

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Gendered Transnational Parenting

Cited by 6 publications

References 71 publications

Migration and development, without care? Locating transnational care practices in the migration‐development debate

Migration and development, without care? Locating transnational care practices in the migration‐development debate

‘Sometimes, men cannot do what women can’: Pacific labour mobility, gender norms and social reproduction

Not Leaving ‘Lone Migrant Mothers’ Behind: The Role of Place-based Childcare Support in Australia’s Marginalised Neighbourhoods

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