Las madres no lloran ahora luchan. Child custody removal among migratised women in Barcelona, Spain
(2021) SIMV20 20211Graduate School
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
- Abstract
- The present thesis develops around the topic of child custody removal among migratised families in Catalonia, Spain. Child custody removal is a common practice from Childcare: it takes place when the State assesses that the best interest of the minor is to remain a part of their family. In 2020, a group of mothers who currently live in Barcelona and have migrated from non-European countries started a new activist movement to complaint against the discriminatory practices of the Child Care institution, claiming that their cases were evidence of a prejudiced and biased approach to child and family wellbeing. From a feminist, decolonial and antiracist stance, this paper establishes a correlation between the neoliberalization of the Social... (More)
- The present thesis develops around the topic of child custody removal among migratised families in Catalonia, Spain. Child custody removal is a common practice from Childcare: it takes place when the State assesses that the best interest of the minor is to remain a part of their family. In 2020, a group of mothers who currently live in Barcelona and have migrated from non-European countries started a new activist movement to complaint against the discriminatory practices of the Child Care institution, claiming that their cases were evidence of a prejudiced and biased approach to child and family wellbeing. From a feminist, decolonial and antiracist stance, this paper establishes a correlation between the neoliberalization of the Social Welfare in Catalonia and the growing phenomenon of judicialization of migratised motherhoods, a process of criminalization of the figure of the migratised mother and their maternal practices. (Less)
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- author
- Ballester I Tataret, Griselda LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV20 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- child custody removal, Child Care services, migratisation, feminist studies, social anthropology
- language
- English
- id
- 9063751
- date added to LUP
- 2021-09-14 15:24:38
- date last changed
- 2021-09-14 15:24:38
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