Circulación de cuidados, interseccionalidad y desarrollo en los procesos de retorno de Madrid a Ecuador

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the return migration processes of Ecuadorian women who emigrated to Madrid and their reasons and experiences of return and development. For this purpose, the analysis is located in the circulation of care within the Ecuadorian transnational families that live and function in the transnational social space between Ecuador (several cities) and Madrid. Through the analysis of life stories of returned Ecuadorian women and their family members, it is shown that gender relations organize mobility/immobility, define the evolution of imaginaries and perceptions of return of Ecuadorian migrant women, as well as influence post-return development experiences. Thus, the different stages of the life cycle create different needs for the organization of care in transnational families, which means that the configuration and circulation of care have an important weight in the reasons for return and non-return of Ecuadorian migrant women...