Labor Migration to the United States: A Gender Perspective

In the context of the contemporary economic globalization, the international migratory in Latin America is characterized by two elements: the border intraregional migration and the migration that go to countries as the United States of America and European countries. Therefore, the remittances are an outstanding source of external financing of the developing countries that is in continuous evolution. And in this conception, the women are carrying out, more and more, the migratory movements, thus contributing to the maintenance of their homes and the development of their communities of origin by means of the shipment of remittances. But, the sort inequality causes that the migratory experience is different for men and women. Therefore, the incapacity of the present structures, policies and commercial mechanisms, to offer equal and right opportunities of work, have contributed to the feminizacion of the poverty and the migration phenomenon.