“If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure

“If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure

The closure of the Spanish Southern border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla induced by Covid-19 disrupt the work and life course of thousands of women crossing merchandise on the border. This research analyzes the survival strategies of these women after the border closure and the tra...

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Autores principales: Granda, Lucía, Soriano Miras, Rosa Maria
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-10872023-10-05T23:50:24Z “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure “Si no tengo esto, no tengo nada”: mujeres porteadoras durante el cierre fronterizo entre España y Marruecos Granda, Lucía Soriano Miras, Rosa Maria carrier women Spanish Southern border feminization of survival cross-border work Melilla Social sciences Sociology Women Immigrants porteadoras frontera Sur española feminización de la supervivencia trabajo transfronterizo Melilla Ciencias sociales Sociología Mujeres Inmigrantes The closure of the Spanish Southern border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla induced by Covid-19 disrupt the work and life course of thousands of women crossing merchandise on the border. This research analyzes the survival strategies of these women after the border closure and the transformations of this unequal region. Using a Grounded Theory approach, participant observation and interviews to carrier women and informants were conducted in Melilla in 2021. Migration, family support and other precarious feminized jobs were found to be the most common survival alternatives. The conclusions point out that the border closure and the changes affecting the region of Nador may be the end of this income source for these women. This analysis contributes with new data on the global feminization of survival, although further research on these strategies is needed due to the constant changes in this border. El cierre de la frontera sur española entre Marruecos y la ciudad española de Melilla por la COVID-19 ha roto la trayectoria laboral y vital de miles de porteadoras marroquíes que se dedicaban al contrabando transfronterizo. Este trabajo analiza sus estrategias de supervivencia tras el cierre de esta frontera marcada por la desigualdad y las transformaciones macro en la región. Siguiendo la Teoría Fundamentada, en 2021 se realizó observación participante en Melilla, y se entrevistó a porteadoras e informantes clave. Los resultados señalan como alternativas de subsistencia: la migración, el apoyo familiar y otros trabajos precarios feminizados. Se concluye que este cierre y los cambios en la región de Nador suponen el fin de este medio de vida para estas mujeres. Este análisis contribuye al introducir nuevos supuestos de la feminización global de la supervivencia, aunque es necesario seguir investigando estas estrategias ante los cambios constantes de esta frontera. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2023-02-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/epub+zip text/html text/xml application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/pdf text/html text/html text/xml https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087 10.21670/ref.2304115 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 24 (2023) Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 24 (2023) 2395-9134 0187-6961 spa eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2378 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2379 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2380 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2381 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2386 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2418 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2420 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2421 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2422 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087/2423 Spanish-Moroccan border. 2021 Frontera España-Marruecos. 2021 Derechos de autor 2023 Estudios Fronterizos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Soriano Miras, Rosa Maria
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Soriano Miras, Rosa Maria
“If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
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Soriano Miras, Rosa Maria
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title “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
title_short “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
title_full “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
title_fullStr “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
title_full_unstemmed “If I lose this, I have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the Spanish-Moroccan border closure
title_sort “if i lose this, i have nothing”: ‘carrier’ women during the spanish-moroccan border closure
description The closure of the Spanish Southern border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla induced by Covid-19 disrupt the work and life course of thousands of women crossing merchandise on the border. This research analyzes the survival strategies of these women after the border closure and the transformations of this unequal region. Using a Grounded Theory approach, participant observation and interviews to carrier women and informants were conducted in Melilla in 2021. Migration, family support and other precarious feminized jobs were found to be the most common survival alternatives. The conclusions point out that the border closure and the changes affecting the region of Nador may be the end of this income source for these women. This analysis contributes with new data on the global feminization of survival, although further research on these strategies is needed due to the constant changes in this border.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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url https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1087
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