Money-earning activities and empowerment experiences of rural migrant women in the city: the case of Turkey

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dc.citation.epage410en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage395en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber25en_US
dc.contributor.authorErman, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKalaycıoǧlu, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRittersberger-Tılıç, H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:32:50Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractSynopsis — This article investigates empowerment in relation to money-earning activities in the context of rural-to-urban migrant women in poor families in Turkey. Acknowledging the exploitative character of employment accessible to migrant women, it asks whether working migrant women gain something in their families in return for their economic contributions. The article points to the traditional role of men as the heads of the family and family honor (namus) as the cultural basis which acts against the empowerment of migrant women in Turkish society. It attempts to understand empowerment as articulated by the women themselves based upon their lived experiences. While doing so, it examines women’s positions in the family with regard to their role in the intra-family decision making, their degree of control over their earned money, and male violence in the family. It further discusses whether or not the experiences of migrant women can be considered as empowerment, and in this way it aims to contribute to the theoretical development of the concept ‘‘empowerment.’’en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00277-7en_US
dc.identifier.issn0277-5395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/24681
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherPergamon Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00277-7en_US
dc.source.titleWomen's Studies International Forumen_US
dc.subjectCoping strategyen_US
dc.subjectEmpowermenten_US
dc.subjectRural-urban migrationen_US
dc.subjectUrban societyen_US
dc.subjectWomens statusen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleMoney-earning activities and empowerment experiences of rural migrant women in the city: the case of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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