Feminised financial flows: how gender affects remittances in Honduran–US transnational families
Author(s)
Petrozziello, Allison JEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2011-03-01Subject
Gender
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
This article focuses on Honduran immigrants in Alexandria, Virginia USA and their family members in Nacaome, Valle, Honduras. It traces the transfer of remittances from migrants to their families at home, in 20 transnational families. It focuses on six issues: gendered motives for migration, reproductive labour across borders, gender inequalities in the US labour market, intricate intra-familial power negotiations, the empowerment of women and new forms of dependence. It concludes by constructing a 'counter-narrative' of migration, based on women's experiences, and considering the implications of this for development policies and programmes that seek to mobilise remittances for development. We want to hear your views on Gender & Development. Please take our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Gender-and-Development-TFO" target="_blank">online survey</a>. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
15ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2011.554022