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Currently, there is an intensification of migratory flows related to the search for Higher Education
Institutions, to attend bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates and post-doctorate
courses. In Portugal, the migratory trajectories associated with the optimistic search for education
have particular significance in the feminisation of migratory flows from Portuguese-speaking
countries. Based on the observation of this circumstance emerging from a broader research carried
out within the VIW-Voices of Immigrant Women project, the aim of this article is to contribute to the
understanding of the migratory experience of immigrant women attending higher education.
The VIW - Voices of Immigrant Women - project has as its main objective: to contribute to the
construction of an inclusive higher education system, addressing the major societal challenges
represented by migrations and, more specifically, the migratory flows of women in the current
European context. It is a project funded by the European Commission, with the participation of
several European institutions and civil society organisations, including the Instituto Politécnico de
Bragança, Portugal. Following the methodological proposal of the project, immigrant women were
interviewed, and from these interviews narratives were constructed, which give an account of the
challenges and adversities they encounter, as well as the strategies (institutional and personal)
mobilised to overcome them. And, from a larger set, we propose the analysis of seven narratives of
women who came to Portugal with the purpose of studying.
The results obtained point to a very positive evaluation of educational opportunities in the definition
of migratory projects; to the identification of challenges and difficulties derived from the
intersectionality of being a woman, young and immigrant. From the point of view of the strategies
mobilised to face the difficulties, there is systematic reference to the support of family networks;
strategies related to the reconfiguration of identities are also mentioned (in a perspective of
accommodation to the host culture or resistance) to make their efforts of inclusion effective.
The results of this study may contribute to a better understanding of the motivations, challenges
and opportunities that studying in higher education may bring to these women. At the same time, it
is also important to contribute to the construction of knowledge about the educational processes
promoted by higher education institutions in contexts of cultural diversity, consolidating the social
function of higher education as an agent of transformation and ensures the fundamental right to
development and equal opportunities.
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Gender Migration Higher education Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
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Bergano, Sofia; Rodrigues, Maria José; Moreira, Benilde; Martins, Cristina (2022). Migration projects for higher education: a perspective from women's voices. In 14th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies: EDULEARN22 Proceedings. Palma de Maiorca
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