Migrant girls and little maids
Migrant girls and little maids in Africa
Research Workshop - Pôle Suds (INED)
4 December 2011, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Although the migration of young rural women to work as maids in
the cities is a widespread practice in Africa, it is poorly
understood and rarely covered in the academic literature. Yet given
the over-representation of teenage girls in many capital cities,
and the frequency of the practice in the rural areas where it has
been studied, it appears to be a large-scale phenomenon. What are
the drivers of this adolescent migration? How is it organized? What
are its effects, and what stakes are involved? These questions are
posed at individual level (who migrates? why? how does migration
affect the transition to adulthood and later life?) but also at
collective level (origin and destination communities) and at
intermediate level (families, peer groups, associations, etc.).
They involve a wide range of disciplinary fields (demography,
sociology, economics, anthropology, politics, geography,
etc.).
This meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange information
and viewpoints on female youth labour migration in Africa. It aims
to provide a panorama of current research on this question, to
stimulate debate and to promote the development of an
interdisciplinary synergy around this topic.
This workshop will take place as a side-meeting of the Sixth
African Population Conference organized by the UAPS (5-9 December
2011, http://uaps2011.princeton.edu).
Contact:
migration-ouaga2011@listes.ined.fr
Organizing Committee
- Véronique Hertrich, INED
- Mélanie Jacquemin, INED
- Marie Lesclingand, Univ. de Nice-URMIS/INED
- Clémentine Rossier, INED/ISSP