Revealing the Embedded Gender Norms in the Social Welfare and Legal Systems of Japan:

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  • 移住女性の安全な定住と福祉・法制度に埋め込まれたジェンダー規範
  • 移住女性の安全な定住と福祉・法制度に埋め込まれたジェンダー規範 : ひとり親となった在日タイ女性の事例から
  • イジュウ ジョセイ ノ アンゼン ナ テイジュウ ト フクシ ・ ホウセイド ニ ウメ コマレタ ジェンダー キハン : ヒトリ オヤ ト ナッタ ザイニチ タイ ジョセイ ノ ジレイ カラ
  • Through the Experience of a Thai Single Mother and Her Struggle for Safe Settlement
  • ひとり親となった在日タイ女性の事例から

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Japan’s “feminization of migration” from 1985 through 2005 shows higher rates of marriages between Japanese men and migrant women. The vulnerability of migrant women continues, even though the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence includes the support of undocumented victims. In Japan, although a new visa status can be issued after a divorce for migrant parents with custody of their children, problems remain. This study demonstrates that mobility brings diverse gender norms into family relationships, as well as into social welfare and family and immigration law. By observing the decisionmaking processes through the experiences of a Thai single mother, which were based on her embodying Thai gender norms, we found that these decisions also reflected gender norms in Japan’s social welfare system for single parents and children, such as in childraising practices and household responsibilities. Social welfare support has an influence on obtaining custody. When migrant women with a spousal visa who are separated from their children divorce, they not only lose custody, they also lose their visa status. Clarifying the embedded gender norms in Japan’s social welfare and legal systems is essential for the safe settlement of migrant women in Japan.

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