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Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating Survival: Central American Refugee Women in Mexico and the Politics of Deservingness

Social Inclusion

This article aims to analyse the difficulties Central American refugee women face when applying f... more This article aims to analyse the difficulties Central American refugee women face when applying for refugee protection in Mexico and how they negotiate survival during this process. Claiming refugee protection is an important legal mechanism to ensure survival, but managing this process successfully is difficult, not only because of the bureaucratic complexities but also because of structural and political constraints. Research has addressed the difficulties migrant women face while in transit and in the United States, but there is less analysis on the limitations in accessing refugee protection in transit countries such as Mexico. Therefore, this article examines the main barriers women face by considering the social and spatial specifics of two different reception sites, the southern Mexican city of Tapachula and Mexico City, in the centre of the country. Drawing on ethnographic field research and interviews with refugees and practitioners, this research seeks to understand women’...

Research paper thumbnail of Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: exploring care arrangements and gendered inequalities for migrant women in transnational families in Berlin

Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: exploring care arrangements and gendered inequalities for migrant women in transnational families in Berlin

Ethnic and racial studies, May 23, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Gendered patterns of mobility and access to refugee protection of Central American migrants and refugees in Mexico

Gendered patterns of mobility and access to refugee protection of Central American migrants and refugees in Mexico

Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of “They don't care about people; they only care about the money”: the effects of border enforcement, commodification and migration industries on the mobility of migrants in transit through Mexico

Frontiers in Sociology, Dec 13, 2023

) "They don't care about people; they only care about the money": the e ects of border enforcemen... more ) "They don't care about people; they only care about the money": the e ects of border enforcement, commodification and migration industries on the mobility of migrants in transit through Mexico.

Research paper thumbnail of Access to Justice and Refugee Rights As a Survival Strategy of Central American Women

Access to Justice and Refugee Rights As a Survival Strategy of Central American Women

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Violence on the Reproductive Strategies of Migrant Women from Central America in Transit through Mexico

The Effects of Violence on the Reproductive Strategies of Migrant Women from Central America in Transit through Mexico

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Gender and Violence in the Experiences of Central American Women: Migration As a Coping Strategy?

Gender and Violence in the Experiences of Central American Women: Migration As a Coping Strategy?

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Changing Mobility Regimes and Gender: Practices of Care Circulation in Processes of Migration Settlement in the Southern Mexican Immigrant Receiving Communities

Changing Mobility Regimes and Gender: Practices of Care Circulation in Processes of Migration Settlement in the Southern Mexican Immigrant Receiving Communities

Research paper thumbnail of Migración y violencia: Las experiencias de mujeres migrantes centroamericanas en tránsito por México

El siguiente articulo revisa la relacion existente entre el proceso de migracion de las mujeres m... more El siguiente articulo revisa la relacion existente entre el proceso de migracion de las mujeres migrantes centroamericanas y las diferentes formas de violencia que acompanan este proceso. Para este proposito se revisa las tres etapas del proceso migratorio: el contexto de la salida, el transito y la llegada en cuanto a la presencia de diferentes formas de violencia para mostrar como estos se entrelazan. Se muestra que las vidas de muchas mujeres son marcadas por diferentes experiencias de violencia tanto en el lugar de origen como en los lugares de la llegada y que estos eventos son factores importantes por las cuales las mujeres deciden migrar, radicar en los lugares de transito o volver a sus lugares de origen.

Research paper thumbnail of Changing mobility regimes and care: Central American women confronting processes of entrapment in southern Mexico

The humanitarian crisis of Central American minor migrants in 2014 and the massive migration enfo... more The humanitarian crisis of Central American minor migrants in 2014 and the massive migration enforcement in Mexico during its aftermath altered the mobility of people flee-ing violence in Central America. Anti-immigration measures particularly affect women with children. Due to violence along migration routes and the lack of financial resources to migrate north, many of them must settle in southern Mexico. In this situation, access-ing formal rights through refugee protection status in Mexico becomes an important sur-vival strategy. However, this process of legalizing their immigration status requires time, knowledge, and the provision of care by other family members. This paper focuses on the experiences of refugee claimants in the southern Mexican town of Tapachula. Based on fieldwork conducted there in 2018 and drawing on earlier research from 2013 and 2014, this paper aims to analyse women’s experiences and strategies and the role of care provi-sion during this process. Findings...

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating Survival: Central American Refugee Women in Mexico and the Politics of Deservingness

Social Inclusion

This article aims to analyse the difficulties Central American refugee women face when applying f... more This article aims to analyse the difficulties Central American refugee women face when applying for refugee protection in Mexico and how they negotiate survival during this process. Claiming refugee protection is an important legal mechanism to ensure survival, but managing this process successfully is difficult, not only because of the bureaucratic complexities but also because of structural and political constraints. Research has addressed the difficulties migrant women face while in transit and in the United States, but there is less analysis on the limitations in accessing refugee protection in transit countries such as Mexico. Therefore, this article examines the main barriers women face by considering the social and spatial specifics of two different reception sites, the southern Mexican city of Tapachula and Mexico City, in the centre of the country. Drawing on ethnographic field research and interviews with refugees and practitioners, this research seeks to understand women’...

Research paper thumbnail of Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: exploring care arrangements and gendered inequalities for migrant women in transnational families in Berlin

Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: exploring care arrangements and gendered inequalities for migrant women in transnational families in Berlin

Ethnic and racial studies, May 23, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Gendered patterns of mobility and access to refugee protection of Central American migrants and refugees in Mexico

Gendered patterns of mobility and access to refugee protection of Central American migrants and refugees in Mexico

Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of “They don't care about people; they only care about the money”: the effects of border enforcement, commodification and migration industries on the mobility of migrants in transit through Mexico

Frontiers in Sociology, Dec 13, 2023

) "They don't care about people; they only care about the money": the e ects of border enforcemen... more ) "They don't care about people; they only care about the money": the e ects of border enforcement, commodification and migration industries on the mobility of migrants in transit through Mexico.

Research paper thumbnail of Access to Justice and Refugee Rights As a Survival Strategy of Central American Women

Access to Justice and Refugee Rights As a Survival Strategy of Central American Women

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Violence on the Reproductive Strategies of Migrant Women from Central America in Transit through Mexico

The Effects of Violence on the Reproductive Strategies of Migrant Women from Central America in Transit through Mexico

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Gender and Violence in the Experiences of Central American Women: Migration As a Coping Strategy?

Gender and Violence in the Experiences of Central American Women: Migration As a Coping Strategy?

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Changing Mobility Regimes and Gender: Practices of Care Circulation in Processes of Migration Settlement in the Southern Mexican Immigrant Receiving Communities

Changing Mobility Regimes and Gender: Practices of Care Circulation in Processes of Migration Settlement in the Southern Mexican Immigrant Receiving Communities

Research paper thumbnail of Migración y violencia: Las experiencias de mujeres migrantes centroamericanas en tránsito por México

El siguiente articulo revisa la relacion existente entre el proceso de migracion de las mujeres m... more El siguiente articulo revisa la relacion existente entre el proceso de migracion de las mujeres migrantes centroamericanas y las diferentes formas de violencia que acompanan este proceso. Para este proposito se revisa las tres etapas del proceso migratorio: el contexto de la salida, el transito y la llegada en cuanto a la presencia de diferentes formas de violencia para mostrar como estos se entrelazan. Se muestra que las vidas de muchas mujeres son marcadas por diferentes experiencias de violencia tanto en el lugar de origen como en los lugares de la llegada y que estos eventos son factores importantes por las cuales las mujeres deciden migrar, radicar en los lugares de transito o volver a sus lugares de origen.

Research paper thumbnail of Changing mobility regimes and care: Central American women confronting processes of entrapment in southern Mexico

The humanitarian crisis of Central American minor migrants in 2014 and the massive migration enfo... more The humanitarian crisis of Central American minor migrants in 2014 and the massive migration enforcement in Mexico during its aftermath altered the mobility of people flee-ing violence in Central America. Anti-immigration measures particularly affect women with children. Due to violence along migration routes and the lack of financial resources to migrate north, many of them must settle in southern Mexico. In this situation, access-ing formal rights through refugee protection status in Mexico becomes an important sur-vival strategy. However, this process of legalizing their immigration status requires time, knowledge, and the provision of care by other family members. This paper focuses on the experiences of refugee claimants in the southern Mexican town of Tapachula. Based on fieldwork conducted there in 2018 and drawing on earlier research from 2013 and 2014, this paper aims to analyse women’s experiences and strategies and the role of care provi-sion during this process. Findings...

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico

Journal of Family Studies