El futuro dominicano en Españaalto capital humano, empoderamiento y ruptura con los esquemas tradicionales.

  1. Dello Iacono, Chiara 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca (España)
Revue:
Ciencia y Sociedad: República Dominicana

ISSN: 0378-7680,  2613-8751

Année de publication: 2019

Titre de la publication: Science and Society

Volumen: 44

Número: 1

Pages: 43-55

Type: Article

DOI: 10.22206/CYS.2019.V44I1.PP43-55 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

D'autres publications dans: Ciencia y Sociedad: República Dominicana

Résumé

The work analyses the process of empowerment of young Dominican women with high human capital emigrated to Spain. The main hypothesis is that the migratory variable is on one side the key of the empowerment, and on the other, the element of rupture with the “macho” culture. Starting from Rowlands’s theory (1997), the elements that allow the changes towards the empowerment have been analysed. According to the author, the process is develo­ped through three dimensions: individual, collective and close relationships. For each one there are positive and negative elements that can affect the process. The work was developed through interviews with 18 young Dominican women living in Spain and the infor­mation obtained with the semi-structured interview and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The results show that we are faced with a migratory wave that is different from the others: a mix between young people with high human capital, others in economically unfavourable conditions and other single women with children. It is true that there are internal differences between wo­men, but we can see that they manage to create life pro­jects, empower themselves and break with the traditional schemes.

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