Familial Tensions: Morphing Gender Relations of Power Among Tajik Migrant Workers in Russia

Date

2022

Authors

Shokirova, Takhmina

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Publisher

SAGE Publications

Abstract

International labor migration impacts gender relations between migrant workers and their families. Social workers need a more nuanced understanding of the gendered aspects of international migration for developing ethical social work practices and research. This article discusses morphing gender relations of power within the family context. The data presented in this paper originated from conversational interviews that were conducted in Tajikistan and Russia. Using social constructivism and intersectionality as the main theoretical approaches, this paper illustrates how male–male, male–female, and female–female gender relations are constantly negotiated and renegotiated within the family in the midst of labor mobility. This distinct understanding is critical for social workers who work with migrant workers and their families both locally and globally.

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© The Author(s) 2022. Published by SAGE Publishers. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Keywords

family, gender relations, labor migration, migrant workers, Russia, Tajikistan

Citation

Shokirova, T. (2022). Familial Tensions: Morphing Gender Relations of Power Among Tajik Migrant Workers in Russia. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work. April. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221096453