2021
DOI: 10.1186/s40878-021-00267-9
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Conquering the labour market: the socioeconomic enablement of refugee women in Austria

Abstract: Refugee women from the Near and Middle East face specific challenges when entering the Austrian labour market. Particularly gender-based factors, including care and reproductive work, exert pressure on these women and constitute major hurdles for successful entry into employment in Austria. Based on nine qualitative interviews with refugee women who swiftly gained entry to the labour market as well as ten qualitative interviews with experts from public and private support organisations, we investigate refugee … Show more

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“…The integration of some of these African migrants from the sub-Saharan African countries and West Africa in particular from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, and many other countries has a significant impact on both the host country which is Germany and also the countries they came from. After some of these migrants and refugees entered the labor market, they start to help their families back in their home countries hence their purpose of traveling was basically to change their life and the economic status of their families (Schiestl et al, 2021b).…”
Section: Labor Market Integrationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The integration of some of these African migrants from the sub-Saharan African countries and West Africa in particular from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, and many other countries has a significant impact on both the host country which is Germany and also the countries they came from. After some of these migrants and refugees entered the labor market, they start to help their families back in their home countries hence their purpose of traveling was basically to change their life and the economic status of their families (Schiestl et al, 2021b).…”
Section: Labor Market Integrationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A statistic in the same report shows that the number of international migrants on the global scale has increased to almost 272 million globally (McAuliffe et al, n.d.). Migration is a significant tool in enhancing the sustainability of EU countries' welfare systems and their economies (Schiestl et al, 2021a). The phenomenon is said to have two forms, regular and irregular (legal & illegal) migration.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%