Reskilling strategies and socio-economic inclusion of migrant women in Italy: findings from a European research study

Abstract

Starting from an intersectional perspective between gender, human mobility and employment as a basic analytical-conceptual device, this paper develops around the implications that these interdependent categories and phenomena have on migrant women’s paths to social, professional and personal fulfilment: placed in a broader context of female migrations, the discourse shifts to opportunities and strategies for reskilling and socio-economic inclusion that migrant women may find in Italy. The contents of the study presented herein draw on data from an empirical research with immigrant women, carried out in Florence as part of the European ... ... ... Project.