Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaMigrant african women: tales of agency and belonging
This paper explores issues of belonging and agency among asylum seekers and refugee women of African origin in the UK. It discusses the ways these women engendered resistance in their everyday life to destitution, lack of cultural recognition, and gender inequality thorough the foundation of their o...
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Universidade Estadual Paulista / UNESP
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61378 |
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| description | This paper explores issues of belonging and agency among asylum seekers and refugee women of African origin in the UK. It discusses the ways these women engendered resistance in their everyday life to destitution, lack of cultural recognition, and gender inequality thorough the foundation of their own nongovernmental organization, African Women’s Empowerment Forum, AWEF, a collective ‘home’ space. The focus of this story is on migrant women’s agency and self-determination for the exercise of choice to be active actors in society. It points to what might be an important phenomenon on how local grassroots movements are challenging the invisibility of asylum-seekers’ and refugees’ lives and expanding the notion of politics to embrace a wider notion of community politics with solidarity. AWEF is the embodiment of a social space that resonates the ‘in-between’ experience of migrant life providing stability to the women members regarding political and community identification. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO613782022-03-18T16:17:24Z Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging Mulheres africanas migrantes: histórias de agência e pertencimento Bailey, Olga Guedes Migrant women African migration Agency and belonging Women activism Community networking Mulheres migrantes Migração africana Agência e pertencimento Ativismo feminino Sistemas comunitários This paper explores issues of belonging and agency among asylum seekers and refugee women of African origin in the UK. It discusses the ways these women engendered resistance in their everyday life to destitution, lack of cultural recognition, and gender inequality thorough the foundation of their own nongovernmental organization, African Women’s Empowerment Forum, AWEF, a collective ‘home’ space. The focus of this story is on migrant women’s agency and self-determination for the exercise of choice to be active actors in society. It points to what might be an important phenomenon on how local grassroots movements are challenging the invisibility of asylum-seekers’ and refugees’ lives and expanding the notion of politics to embrace a wider notion of community politics with solidarity. AWEF is the embodiment of a social space that resonates the ‘in-between’ experience of migrant life providing stability to the women members regarding political and community identification. Este artigo explora questões de pertencimento e agência entre mulheres de origem africana refugiadas ou em busca de asilo político no Reino Unido. Discute as maneiras pelas quais essas mulheres incorporam a resistência em seu dia a dia frente à indigência, falta de reconhecimento cultural e à desigualdade de gênero, através da fundação de sua própria organização não-governamental, a African Women’s Empowerment Forum, ou AWEF, um lar/espaço coletivo. O foco desta história está na agência e autodeterminação dessas mulheres migrantes para exercitar a escolha de serem atores ativos na sociedade. Aponta para um importante fenômeno: como comunidades com base local estão desafiando a invisibilidade da vida de refugiados e asilados, expandindo a noção de política para abraçar, através da solidariedade, uma ideia mais ampla sobre comunidades políticas. A AWEF é a incorporação de um espaço social que ressoa as experiências internas da vida migrante, promovendo estabilidade às mulheres associadas com relação à política e à identificação com a comunidade em que se inserem. 2014-02-13 2022-03-18T16:17:24Z 2022-03-18T16:17:24Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61378 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616/4863 Copyright (c) 2014 Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Universidade Estadual Paulista / UNESP Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 43 (2013) 1984-0241 0101-3459 |
| spellingShingle | Migrant women African migration Agency and belonging Women activism Community networking Mulheres migrantes Migração africana Agência e pertencimento Ativismo feminino Sistemas comunitários Bailey, Olga Guedes Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title | Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title_full | Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title_fullStr | Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title_short | Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| title_sort | migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging |
| topic | Migrant women African migration Agency and belonging Women activism Community networking Mulheres migrantes Migração africana Agência e pertencimento Ativismo feminino Sistemas comunitários |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61378 |