Migrant Women as Agents of Change: The Dominican Experience
Author: Bridget Wooding. The evolution of migration from the Dominican Republic reveals growing complexity in migratory practices and experiences. New destinations have replaced some of the old ones, migration has become more socially diverse and more informal, and some migration flows have become increasingly feminized. This paper explores the evolution of Dominican women's emigration to the main destination countries and weighs the extent to which some of these women may become genuine agents of change.
The evolution of migration from the Dominican Republic reveals growing complexity in migratory practices and experiences.
New destinations have replaced some of the old ones, migration has become more socially diverse and more informal, with more people travelling and working irregularly, and some migration flows have become increasingly feminized. As they migrate to different destinations, diverse sectors of the Dominican population have had new experiences. This paper explores the evolution of Dominican women's emigration to the most important destination countries and weighs the extent to which some of these women may become genuine agents of change.
Reference: Wooding, B. 2007. Migrant Women as Agents of Change: The Dominican Experience. Paper presented on behalf of the National Roundtable for Migrants in the Dominican Republic (MNM-RD) at the seminar "Migration and Gender" held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 19 and 20, 2007, organized by the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM, also known as the Puebla Process).