DESKILLING, ADAPTATION, AND RESILIENCE: UNDERSTANDING AND GUIDANCE FOR THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF MIGRANT WOMEN
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https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.36.num.2.2025.41900Keywords:
Resilience, Migrant women, Adaptability, Professional project, deskillingAbstract
Migrant women’s career guidance can be compromised by the intricate interplay of migration experiences, gender-based inequalities, stereotypes, and the systemic reinforcement of feminized professional sectors like caregiving and domestic work. This study seeks to enhance guidance services in socio-educational centers by comprehending the specific needs of migrant women and advocating for a redefinition of key competencies. A multiple case study was conducted involving 21 interviews: 10 with migrant women and 11 with socio-educational and labor guidance professionals. Field restitution feedback was incorporated to enhance research credibility. The results reveal three emerging categories: the planning of the migration process, the situated personal context, and the uniqueness of the career project construction. Professional expectations, often romanticized in the destination, impact the mobilization of efforts to access resources, requiring perseverance and resilience to meet rights and responsibilities. Inequality and deskilling present challenges that require effective responses for professional adaptability. Decision-making is temporally redefined and anchored in assumed family and gender roles, requiring the development of a supportive, empathetic, and sustained socio-educational relationship to foster self-determination. This study highlights the importance of promoting resilience while addressing systemic dysfunctions to ensure equitable conditions for career development.
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Copyright (c) 2025 Abel Merino Orozco, Miriam Calvo-Ruiz, Cristina Di Giusto-Valle, Sara Sáez-Velasco, Begoña Medina-Gómez, Gloria Pérez de Albéniz-Garrote, Aída Gutiérrez-García
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