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The Stepwise Movements of Aspiring Migrant Women to Cities
Sondra Cuban © 2023 This post focuses on bridging my two studies of Mongolian women and their internal migration within Mongolia and their intraregional migration to South Korea. These studies connect both types of migrations to women’s spatial mobility in a “golden urban age” that carries certain advantages (see, Chant, 2013). Despite the many inequalities of urban life, migrant women…
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Mongolian Women on the Move to Korea
copyright ⓒ Sondra Cuban 2022 The Korea Study Figure 1 Thirty Mongolian women with diverse backgrounds, both documented and undocumented, were interviewed about their reasons for migrating to South Korea (ROK)—with the world’s largest diaspora of Mongolians[1]. The participants were interviewed around the Seoul metropolitan area where most migrants live in addition to one smaller…
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In Mongolia: Women on the Move To the City
copyright ⓒ Sondra Cuban 2022 The Mongolia Study A close look at this windowsill (Figure 1) in an Ulaanbaatar city center room reveals dung incense in a glass vase. It is lit by the women who use this office as a meeting and workspace. And in smelling the fragrance, they remember the countryside, from where…
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