Immigrant women workers in gender and self-perception in Turkey

In this research, migration was seen as a contributing factor in the process of self-realization of migrant women. Migrant women were included in the research as active individuals who took decisions and not as passive participants who followed their spouses. The theoretical framework of this study, which is handled from a gender perspective, has been established with migration theories, self, and gender literature. The relationship between migration, self, and gender, which are the three important facts of the thesis, was analyzed with immigrant women's experiences and it was aimed to highlight the experiences of immigrant women. Migrant women's migration decision making stages, migrations, and experiences related to the process after and before the migration is conveyed by using a qualitative research method. The research's data was obtained through an in-depth interview with 21 migrant women working in Turkey for at least one year. The data obtained were analyzed under six categories. These categories consist of findings related to participants' migration decisions, self and gender perceptions, working conditions, and family hierarchies.