Female Migration in a Changing World

• Main Authors: Armando Montanari, Barbara Staniscia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 2009-04-01
• Series: Espace populations sociétés
• Subjects: adriatic model; eastern european migration; female migration
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/eps/4784

The presence of foreign women in Italy is particularly relevant in communities originating from Eastern European countries. This presence is destined to increase in the near future. Eastern European women are particularly numerous in the Adriatic regions, mainly because of spatial proximity. This kind of mobility is also reinforced by the EU development programmes favouring cooperation among all the Adriatic regions. The phenomenon is relevant enough to justify the existence of an Adriatic modelChieti-Pescara metropolitan area represents well this model. Female migration in this area is characterised by a large presence of Eastern European women, fairly well-educated, who move alone, motivated by economic factors, searching for autonomy and independence. They play an important role in the domestic care, in a mature society where women have a job outside home. Their salary is not very high but it is used also to contribute to the survival of the family members left behind with whom they keep a strong link.