Ukrainian migrant women’s social remittances: Contents and effects on families left behind
Ukrainian migrant women’s social remittances: Contents and effects on families left behind

Summary/Abstract: This article examines different forms of Ukrainian migrant women’s social remit-tances, articulating some results of two ethnographic studies: one focused on the migration of Ukrainian women to Italy, and the other on the social impact of em-igration in Ukraine. First, the paper illustrates the patterns of monetary remittance management, which will be defined as a specific form of social remittance, since they are practices shaped by systems of norms challenged by migration. In the second part, the article moves on to discuss other types of social remittances transferred by migrant women to their families left behind: the right of self-care and self-realisation; the recognition of alternative and more women-friendly life-course patterns; consumption styles and ideas on economic education. Therefore, I will explore the contents of social remittances, but also the gender and inter-generational conflicts that characterise these flows of cultural resources.

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