A love-hate relationship: An ethnographic study of migration with Lenca women in rural Honduras

Honduras is a Latin-American country composed of nine Indigenous groups whose communities have experienced rural-to-urban migration due to the lack of employment, access to services, and poor infrastructure. The Lenca are the largest Indigenous group in Honduras, and have experienced massive outmigr...

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Published inMigration and development (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK) Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 1218 - 1241
Main Authors Jaramillo, Pablo Lamiño, Boren-Alpizar, Amy E, Morales, Sarahi, Burris, Scott, Carpio, Carlos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi, India Routledge 01.10.2022
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Employment
Ethnography
Honduras
Indigenous
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Love
Low income groups
Migration
Poverty
Rural communities
Rural urban migration
Women
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Summary:Honduras is a Latin-American country composed of nine Indigenous groups whose communities have experienced rural-to-urban migration due to the lack of employment, access to services, and poor infrastructure. The Lenca are the largest Indigenous group in Honduras, and have experienced massive outmigration of men, leaving women in charge of agricultural production - traditionally a man's duty. The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of migration from the perspective of the Lenca women who are members of an agricultural cooperative. For this ethnographic study, a total of 46 members participated in a migration perception activity and semi-structured interviews. Overall, participants perceived migration as a dangerous phenomenon; however, they still believe that migrating out of their communities will help them to overcome poverty.
ISSN:2163-2324
2163-2332
DOI:10.1080/21632324.2021.1934022