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“GENDER, REMITTANCES AND DEVELOPMENT:
The Case of Women Migrants from Vicente Noble,
Dominican Republic”
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Project completed
The integration of gender perspectives in the analysis of migratory processes, remittances and development contributes to making development and migration policies and programmes more effective and sustainable. INSTRAW has initiated a series of case studies with the aim of understanding the gender dimensions of the migratory phenomenon, remittances, and their potential for development. The case of Dominican migration to Spain was chosen as an initial study because it is uniquely appropriate for an analysis of the links between migration, remittances and gender: it is a predominantly female migratory flow from rural areas, with women migrating as the main economic providers for their households.
 
General Objective
To contribute to the efforts aimed at harnessing the potential of remittances in developing countries by mainstreaming gender issues into the study of remittance flows socio-economic uses and impacts on recipient households and communities.
Specific objectives
- To better understand the gender patterns present in remittance flows and their impact on gender roles within remittance’s receiving households and communities
- To provide key stakeholders – migrant association, NGO’s, Academia, international assistance agencies, United Nations agencies and financial institutions- with the tools to enhance the gender perspective in programmes that draw connections between remittances and development.
Funding organism: UNFPA
Duration: November 2005- June 2006.
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