Racialized Migrant Women in Canada : : Essays on Health, Violence and Equity / / ed. by Vijay Agnew.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Agnew, Vijay,; Ahmad, Farah,; Apale, Alisha,; Bierman, Arlene S.,; Boyd, Monica,; Bunting, Annie,; Cottrell, Barbara,; Hanley, Jill,; Lettner, Margot,; Mawani, Farah N.,; Mokhtari, Shadi,; Moncayo, Carmen Celina,; Mosher, Janet,; Peng, Ito,; Racine, Louise,; Spitzer, Denise L.,; Tastsoglou, Evangelia,; Vissandjée, Bilkis,; Wieringa, Saskia,; Yiu, Jessica,
• HerausgeberIn: Agnew, Vijay,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Despite legislative guarantees of equality, immigrant women in Canada often experience many forms of prejudice in their everyday lives. Racialized Migrant Women in Canada delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.Using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from the areas of sociology, law, health studies, and political science, the essays in this volume cover diverse topics such as the social construction of Muslim women, access to health care, and violence against women. The contributors base their work not only in cities with large immigrant populations but also in areas less densely populated with immigrants, revealing regional disparities in regard to economic opportunity and social services.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Immigrant Women and Violence -- 1. The Complicity of the State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women -- 2. Violence in Immigrant Families in Halifax -- PART TWO. Immigrant Women and Health -- 3. Gender, Migration, and Health -- 4. Policy (In)Action: Policy-Making, Health, and Migrant Women -- 5. Review of Health and Policy Research on Older Immigrants -- 6. Exploring Social Capital among Women in the Context of Migration: Engendering the Public Policy Debate -- PART THREE. Immigrant Women and Equity -- 7. Immigrant Women and Earnings Inequality in Canada -- 8. Migrant Muslim Women's Interests and the Case of 'Shari'a Tribunals' in Ontario -- 9. Haitian-Canadians' Experiences of Racism in Quebec: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective -- 10. Challenging Gendered and Ethno-Racial Assumptions in Organizing for Housing Rights -- Conclusion -- Contributors