Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging

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Autor(a) principal: Bailey, Olga Guedes
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Perspectivas
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616
Resumo: 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 Migrant african women: tales of agency and belongingMulheres africanas migrantes: histórias de agência e pertencimentoMigrant womenAfrican migrationAgency and belongingWomen activismCommunity networkingMulheres migrantesMigração africanaAgência e pertencimentoAtivismo femininoSistemas comunitáriosThis 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.Universidade Estadual Paulista / UNESP2014-02-13info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 43 (2013)1984-02410101-3459reponame:Perspectivasinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/6616/4863Copyright (c) 2014 Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociaisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBailey, Olga Guedes2014-02-13T13:22:13Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6616Revistahttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivasPUBhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/oai||lahuerta@fclar.unesp.br1984-02410101-3459opendoar:2014-02-13T13:22:13Perspectivas - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging
Mulheres africanas migrantes: histórias de agência e pertencimento
title Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging
spellingShingle Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging
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
title_short 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_sort Migrant african women: tales of agency and belonging
author Bailey, Olga Guedes
author_facet Bailey, Olga Guedes
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bailey, Olga Guedes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Migrant women
African migration
Agency and belonging
Women activism
Community networking
Mulheres migrantes
Migração africana
Agência e pertencimento
Ativismo feminino
Sistemas comunitários
topic Migrant women
African migration
Agency and belonging
Women activism
Community networking
Mulheres migrantes
Migração africana
Agência e pertencimento
Ativismo feminino
Sistemas comunitários
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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