GENDERED IMMIGRATION



Consequences of the gendered international division of labour on immigration Patterns



Consequences of the gendered international division of labour on immigration Patterns

Introduction

What are the consequences of the gendered international division of labour on immigration Patterns? By the term gendered we mean the increased participation of women labourers alongside men in the whole immigration process and the various inequalities they face. For many developed nations this issue has been left in the past; however a majority of third world countries are still victims of the treachery of gender dichotomy. With the increase of women's participation in trade it was considered to alter the course of gender discrimination in many countries, though shifting the resistant concern of gender ideology prevalent in these regions isn't as easy as considered. (Castles&Miller, 2003,p.14)

Ever since the world has started progressing towards globalisation a whole new international market has been formed, this rise in globalisation has increased the distinction on the liberalization of labour, and it is clear that this is the factor behind such an increase in labour migration. The world is being changed by the globalisation progression. States, societies, economies and cultures in diverse regions of the world are becoming increasingly integrated and interdependent. (Piper, 2005, p.3).

The underlying issue causing such discrimination lies in the fact that globalisation has exceeded drastically causing nations to turn towards more third world countries for labour (Wichterich, 2002, p.10).

Discussion

There is a strong push from developing countries to open the international labour market for economic growth. Developing countries push their labour on an international scale first due to higher wages, which returns to the country in the form of foreign workers remittances. Since a few decades the gender balance of immigrants has been disturbed due to factors such as immigration laws, gender specific job opportunities for foreign labour,these reasons have increased the share of women in the migration flow which has resulted in the feminisation of migration.

Immigration is an extremely complicated issue today. Growing economic gaps between developed and developing countries, speedily increasing populations, the saturation of poor countries by rich ones, the intrusion caused by economic development and the web of transport and communication systems all create the structural conditions that might encourage an individual to consider life elsewhere.

Increasing gaps withing economies of the developed and developing countries, the increasing population, the infiltration of rich countries into poor ones are all reasons that might push an individual to settle down elsewhere. No matter how much effort women put in they are still considered as secondary earners and dependants in the whole immigration process instead of independent individuals, still there is a huge number of women who migrate (Kaye ,2003 p. 18).

Feminisation of international labour is rapidly progressing as a global development . The departure of men to provide for their families is still part of the selection of gender roles it was not ideal, but it was anticipated that men will go out to provide for the family. Discrimination occurs in numerous forms; any kind of distinction ...