I am Back: Returned Migrant Women and Changes in the Social Organization of the Household

Abstract

During the last few decades, male dominated migration of professionals and skilled workers was replaced by female migration for unskilled domestic work mainly to the Middle East countries. This created a social upheaval of the male dominated society to a woman empowered society, where the woman being a breadwinner assumed a leadership role. However, it was also seen that on returning, the roles were once again reversed. This study is based on the social adjustments and reorganization of households with returned women migrants.