Migration
...esources and less decision-making power than men, women can be empowered by migration. Education, work experience and economic independence abroad can release women from traditional roles and enable them to exercise their rights more effectively. (IOM page 1) RESULTS: In whatever level of migration that you look at gender plays a significant part. In each household the men and the women play different roles regarding the decision making process. These decisions will determine who decides whether the household moves or not. We look outside the household to societal norms. These norms are about women’s mobility and independence. This often restricts a women’s ability to migrate. (Gender Power) But migration holds more dangers for women than men. They are more vulnerable to physical, sexual and verbal abuse when traveling. They are more likely to fall prey to human traffickers for the sex industry. However, in some cases, men are also the target of trafficking, and since the focus is usually on women, these men can find themselves in an even more difficult situation.(IOM page 1) Prior to the 1980s men predominated in the migration from Mexico the United States. When the men left women played an important role in the migration when they remained in Mexico. The Mexican women influenced the migration decisions of other family members. (Gender Power) Due to economic crisis in Mexico in the 1980s and a large availability of jobs in the United States women began migrating to the United States. The jobs where available in factories, domestic service and service industries. Most recently women initiate family moves or resettlement efforts. Migrants move between two cultures their culture of origin and the culture of their new home. Psychosocial pressures and divergent sets of cultural expecta...