African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications

Abstract

This study examines the dynamics of female African immigration and settlement in the United States and discusses the research and policy implications for these processes. It highlights a significant surge in female immigration from African than non-African countries in recent years. This surge is driven by female immigration from Africa’s countries most populous countries, from countries affected by civil conflicts, and from English-speaking countries in the region. African women are also more likely to arrive as unmarried single than other female immigrants. In addition, they had the highest prevalence of Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate degrees among women in the US. African females were also about twice more likely to be enrolled in US Educational institutions compared to other women. Those in the labor force were more likely to work as nursing professionals than in technical occupational groups such as engineering and computing. The study concludes by discussing the research and policy implications of these findings for countries in the developing world.

Physical Intimate Partner Violence, Childhood Physical Abuse and Mental Health of U.S. Caribbean Women: The Interrelationship of Social, Contextual, and Migratory Influences

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Understanding Women Teacher Transnational Migration: A Narrative Inquiry From Southern Africa

“…We note the nonexistence (perhaps manifesting as silence) of "demand" or "pressure" or "expectation" from a male partner. Single unmarried women appear to be more mobile (Thomas & Logan, 2012). Contrary to the generally accepted norm that says women migrants remain in destinations for a shorter duration compared with men migrants, P1 and P2 seem to be in South Africa for a permanent stay.…”

Migrating with Special Needs? Projections of Flows of Migrant Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Toward Europe 2016–2030

“…This concept was also re-marked in a more recent analysis of migration from Africa by Flahaux and De Haas (2016). Also for the subgroup of African female migrants, correlations between migration and good levels of education, middle class status, and a young age have been observed (Jamie 2013;IMI and RMMS 2012;Thomas and Logan 2012;Reynolds 2006;Spadavecchia 2013).…”

“…Moreover, the proportion of women among migrants from African FGM/C countries is increasing (Lucas 2006), which represents a departure from the typical historically male-dominated African migration model (Adepoju 2011). In addition to family reunification flows, independent female migration has been growing (Yaro 2008;Cross et al 2006;Thomas and Logan 2012;Fleury 2016).…”