SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Androcentrism, Immigration, Immigration Policy
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Migration involves a permanent change in residence by crossing a political boundary: province; county; city-internal migrant; national boundary international migrant. Note: confusion over permanent" residence but many different types based on entry status. Regular (legal): migrants have legal status, rights(? temporary residence; Irregular: no legal status, limited or no rights; related to overstaying; smuggling; trafficking. A policy is an instrument for identifying major goals, matched by a specific means to achieve them. Goals or plans, practices, and regulations adopted by a government or other organization that are designed to guide or control institutional and community behavior. Bringing migrant women in to these general discussions. Affected by general policies and also targets of policies. Attention paid to migrant women really starts late 1970s-1980s. Feminization of migration: what is meant by the term: increasing % women in international flows; and, dominance of women in flows. No: women have always migrated to other countries (canada: les filles de roy.
