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Migrant Women in Times of Crisis: Vulnerability and Agency Among Domestic Workers

Emma Gauttier — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:11:07 +0000

Due to a lack of professional recognition and an often precarious legal status, migrant domestic workers were especially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Many faced job losses and financial hardships almost overnight. Moreover, support measures were not adapted to their needs and reinforced the longstanding failure to acknowledge the work

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Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises

Claudine Burton-Jeangros — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:39:24 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic hit undocumented migrant workers, a population already living in precarious and particularly hard circumstances. Often overlooked and misunderstood, their lives remain largely invisible with limited data available to illustrate their struggles, especially in times of crisis. In Geneva, Switzerland, many grappled to cope with losing their jobs,

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Care at the Intersection of Mobility and Gender/Sexuality Regimes: Past Legacies

Janine Dahinden — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:17:37 +0000

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, problematic past legacies emerged from the intersection of mobility and gender/sexuality regimes. By diving into these continuities, I examine two compelling case studies – domestic caregivers and sex workers. These cases allow me to study how a global, but also a national, crisis of care emerged

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Breaking Biases: Deconstructing Myths on Immigrant Women in Switzerland

Anouk Albien — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:30:41 +0000

Immigrant women play a vital role in Switzerland, yet their narratives are often reduced to stereotypes such as, “looking for a husband” or “working as nannies.” In reality, immigrant women have contributed greatly to Swiss society. It seems therefore important to challenge misconceptions about immigrant women in Switzerland. In the

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Racisme et participation citoyenne : focus sur l’islamophobie genrée

Meriam Mastour — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:09:05 +0000

Une étude du Forum suisse pour l’étude des migrations et de la population (SFM) démontre qu’il existe en Suisse un racisme structurel (systémique). L’étude définit le racisme structurel comme un système social qui reproduit des inégalités. Voyons comment les institutions politiques et médiatiques suisses participent à ces inégalités en restreignant

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Mère ou victime ? Parcours de femme voulant fuir les violences conjugales

Adeline Moussion-Esteve — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:39:36 +0000

Le thème des violences conjugales attire l’attention sur une figure particulière : celle de la « victime ». Mais à l’échelle de l’expérience individuelle, à quoi correspond cette catégorie ? Les femmes concernées se reconnaissent-elles dans cette figure ? Le parcours de Kahina, une mère voulant quitter son conjoint et refaire sa vie avec

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Immigrant Researching versus Immigration Research

Rama Srinivasan — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:30:14 +0000

Integration policies are often perceived in academic works as gatekeeping instruments but, while they can certainly be deployed as such, this framing does not fully represent the variety of immigrant perspectives in my study. My own positionality as an immigrant, applicant for a spousal visa, and a researcher prompted lines

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WQ Dispatch March 2022 – Humanity in Motion

James F. Hollifield — Thu, 12 May 2022 07:30:20 +0000

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the largest migrations in Europe since the Second World War, James F. Hollifield comments on the European Union’s policy response to this exodus. He calls for a legal and orderly movement of people, highlighting the involved governments’ responsibility in developing and implementing

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Men Ageing Between Switzerland and the “Global South”

Irene Blanc — Thu, 05 May 2022 07:30:34 +0000

The “Global South” is becoming an increasingly common destination for older people ageing abroad. Older men traveling alone to spend several months a year in countries like Thailand or Brazil tend to be subject to ambiguous social judgment, that is, they are often associated with condemned sexual practices in imaginaries,

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Families and Mobilities

Roxane Gerber — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:30:18 +0000

The decision to be mobile deeply influences one’s life trajectory. Moreover, family and social networks affect and are conversely affected by one’s decision to live abroad. Our blog series on Families + Mobilities has highlighted the plurality of families, nudging us to look beyond the concept of a nuclear family

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