Layers of Complexity: The Intersectionality of Parenting in Families of Female Migrant Workers

Wilodati, Siti Komariah, Puspita Wulandari, Muhammad Retsa Rizaldi Mujayapura

2024

Abstract

The overarching aim of this study is to explore how the interplay between gender, social structure, manifested in different classes, and status as a migrant affect the practice of parenting within Female Migrant Workers' Families. Given its novelty, the qualitative dimension of the research undertaken affords an overview of the life experiences and parenting strategies undertaken by Families of Female Migrant Workers. The research finds that the intersection of several forms and changing situations-socioeconomic, cultural-elevates their experiences with parenting into a plane unique and different from what other families endure. Female Migrant Workers find that they are constantly juggling work abroad with their cultural-defined roles as mothers back home. Accessibility to resources and structural social definitions on parenting comes into collision with the physical distance from the child. It thus becomes a variable in giving shape to their parenting patterns. This research distills from it the need for viewing the parenting experience against a larger background. Multiple forms of social, cultural, and economic disparity interplay simultaneously to develop complex life experiences. Policy recommendations link to the call for public policy able to address the needs of Families of Female Migrant Workers and to enact programs that can build upon women's capacity for personal and family development.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wilodati., Komariah S., Wulandari P. and Mujayapura M. (2024). Layers of Complexity: The Intersectionality of Parenting in Families of Female Migrant Workers. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS; ISBN 978-989-758-752-8, SciTePress, pages 87-94. DOI: 10.5220/0013414700004654

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichels24,
author={Wilodati and Siti Komariah and Puspita Wulandari and Muhammad Mujayapura},
title={Layers of Complexity: The Intersectionality of Parenting in Families of Female Migrant Workers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS},
year={2024},
pages={87-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013414700004654},
isbn={978-989-758-752-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS
TI - Layers of Complexity: The Intersectionality of Parenting in Families of Female Migrant Workers
SN - 978-989-758-752-8
AU - Wilodati.
AU - Komariah S.
AU - Wulandari P.
AU - Mujayapura M.
PY - 2024
SP - 87
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0013414700004654
PB - SciTePress