This report is a collective publication comprising a review of international literature on the subject of migrant deskilling and underemployment from a gender perspective and three empirical case studies from Switzerland, Canada and the United Kingdom. It explores the disproportionate difficulties skilled migrant women can face in transferring their skills and finding employment commensurate with their education when relocating to a new country. The case studies highlight situations in which migratory status and labour market dynamics can combine to constrain skilled and highly skilled migrant women to low-skilled occupations despite their often high human capital. They also analyse the impact that such occupational downgrading can have on migrant women's well-being and the strategies that women can adopt to regain a professional status.
| ISBN: | 9789290685982 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2013 |
| Author: | International Organization for Migration |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 178 pages |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls |
This report is a collective publication comprising a review of international literature on the subject of migrant deskilling and underemployment from a gender perspective and three empirical case studies from Switzerland, Canada and the United Kingdom. It explores the disproportionate difficulties skilled migrant women can face in transferring their skills and finding employment commensurate with their education when relocating to a new country. The case studies highlight situations in which migratory status and labour market dynamics can combine to constrain skilled and highly skilled migrant women to low-skilled occupations despite their often high human capital. They also analyse the impact that such occupational downgrading can have on migrant women's well-being and the strategies that women can adopt to regain a professional status.
Crushed Hopes features in the following genres: Gender studies: women and girls
Crushed Hopes is available in Paperback
Crushed Hopes was written by International Organization for Migration and published by United Nations Publications
Crushed Hopes has 178 pages
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