Households, gender and rural-urban migration: reflections on linkages and considerations for policy
Households, gender and rural-urban migration: reflections on linkages and considerations for policy
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DOI：
10.1177/095624789801000117
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发表时间：
1998-04-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Chant, S
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作者：
Chant, S
这份文件强调了性别和家庭组织在发展变化的一个核心方面的相互关联性：农村向城市的移徙。它证明了家庭内部动态对于理解人口流动的性别选择性的重要性，并反过来说明这如何有助于农村和城市地区低收入群体的家庭多样性。它还表明，尽管大多数妇女在决定自己或他人的移徙(或家庭安排)方面几乎没有选择，但经常由于人口流动而导致的家庭主人翁地位的“女性化”并不一定对妇女不利。该文件的结论是，政府和机构可以通过承认干预措施不仅针对家庭而且针对家庭内部的潜在变革性作用，以及对家庭多样性采取更灵活的立场，为性别平等做更多的工作。
This paper highlights the interrelatedness of gender and household organization in a central aspect of developmental change: rural-urban migration. It demonstrates the significance of intra-household dynamics for understanding the gender selectivity of population movement and shows in turn how this contributes to household diversity among low-income groups in both rural and urban areas. It also shows that although most women have little choice in determining decisions over their own or others' migration (or household arrangements), the "feminization" of household headship which so often results from demographic mobility is not necessarily negative for women. The paper concludes that governments and agencies could do more for gender equality by acknowledging the potentially transformative role olf interventions aimed not only at, but inside, households, and by adopting more flexible positions towards household diversity.