An Interdisciplinary Research-Based Study
Abstract
While early stages of forced migration are dominated by survival-oriented economic strategies, longer-term displacement increasingly requires processes of professional reinvention and identity reconstruction. This article examines how migrant women transition from survival economies toward more stable forms of economic integration, focusing on the reconfiguration of professional identity under conditions of institutional, cultural, and gendered constraint. Drawing on interdisciplinary analysis combining migration studies, labor sociology, and research-based journalism, the study conceptualizes economic integration not as linear assimilation into formal labor markets, but as a negotiated process shaped by care responsibilities, skill translation, and social recognition. The findings highlight the role of women-led micro-professionalization in sustaining integration trajectories while remaining underrepresented in media and policy discourse.
Keywords:
professional identity, economic integration, migrant women, self-employment, labor reinvention, migration journalism
Author: Khrystyna Nedeva
ORCID: 0009-0005-1135-9582
Reviewer:
- Larisa Ivshina
ORCID: 0009-0007-5264-6566
DOI: pending
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