Racialized Migrant Women in Canada

by Agnew, Vijay

• ISBN13: 9780802096050
• ISBN10: 0802096050
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-25
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Despite legislative guarantees of equality, immigrant women in Canada often experience many forms of prejudice in their everyday lives. Racialized Migrant Women in Canada delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.Using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from the areas of sociology, law, health studies, and political science, the essays in this volume cover diverse topics such as the social construction of Muslim women, access to health care, and violence against women. The contributors base their work not only in cities with large immigrant populations but also in areas less densely populated with immigrants, revealing regional disparities in regard to economic opportunity and social services.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
Immigrant Women and Violence	p. 37
The Complicity of the State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women	p. 41
Violence in Immigrant Families in Halifax
Immigrant Women and Health	p. 95
Gender, Migration, and Health	p. 98
Policy (In)Action: Policy-Making, Health, and Migrant Women	p. 137
Review of Health and Policy Research on Older Immigrants	p. 163
Exploring Social Capital among Women in the Context of Migration: Engendering the Public Policy Debate	p. 187
Immigrant Women and Equity	p. 205
Immigrant Women and Earnings Inequality in Canada	p. 208
Migrant Muslim Women's Interests and the Case of 'Shari'a' Tribunals in Ontario	p. 232
Haitian-Canadians' Experiences of Racism in Quebec: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective	p. 265
Challenging Gendered and Ethno-Racial Assumptions in Organizing for Housing Rights	p. 295
Conclusion	p. 317
Contributors	p. 323
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