Transnational Ruptures: Gender and Forced Migration (Gender in a Global/Local World)

A key development in international migration in recent years has been the increasing feminization of migrant populations. Research attention now focuses not only on the growing number of women on the move but also on their changing gender roles as more female migrants participate as principal wage earners and heads of household rather than as 'dependants'. The tensions between population displacement within and beyond Guatemala and the multiple local, regional and national realities encountered and reconfigured by these refugee and migrants allow a fascinating window onto the connections and ruptures experienced in a 'global/local world'. Transnational Ruptures holds great interest and value for a wide readership, from scholars who are interested in transnational and refugee studies and international migration, to upper level university students in disciplines such as human geography, anthropology, sociology, Latin American Studies, gender studies, political science and international studies.

Catherine Nolin is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. She is also affiliated with the Graduate Studies programs in Interdisciplinary Studies & Natural Resources and Environmental Studies. Catherine combines academic and activist concerns related to the 1980s genocide in Guatemala, refugee movement to Canada, and Canadian immigration and refugee policy. Her research and teaching interests are shaped by a commitment to social justice and human rights.