Gendered precarity of migrant women in the satellite city of Isparta, Türkiye
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.611-635, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/01171968241235237
- Dergi Adı: Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, American History and Life, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Historical Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.611-635
- Anahtar Kelimeler: asylum seekers, Isparta, migrant women, migration management, precarity, satellite city, Türkiye
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper focuses on the experiences of asylum-seeking and forced migrant women in one of the satellite cities in Türkiye and discusses how gender affects women’s precarious living and working conditions. Based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 20 migrant women from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria in 2019, our findings suggest that asylum-seeking women have limited access to economic and social resources available in the satellite city of Isparta due to gender inequalities. The findings of the study indicate that factors, such as (1) gendered and informal employment structure, (2) traditional gender roles, (3) crowded and patriarchal family structure, (4) loosened kinship and solidarity, (5) language incompetence, (6) restrictive migration management and (7) satellite city policies, all have a role in determining the experiences of these migrant women. These factors often prevent migrant women from accessing some basic services, social networks and employment opportunities, and push them to live precarious, impoverished and excluded lives.