Abstract

LANDEROS JAIME, Francisco J.. The violence during the life course of Venezuelan migrant women in Chile. Estud. front [online]. 2022, vol.23, e086.  Epub June 20, 2022. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2202086.

During the last years, the female migration from Venezuela has been characterized by leads family migrant projects to Santiago of Chile. In this sense, the aim of this article is analyzing the events that provoked different changes during the life of Venezuelan women, motivating leave their home country to search better life condition in a different place. Using a qualitative approach, which deep interviews were the main technique to gather data, this analysis focus on histories of life of migrant women highly educated and skilled whose paths are immersing in violence episodes. The findings show that different kind of problems that forced them out from Venezuela yet are part of their daily life despite that they have migrated to Chile between 2016-2019, it represents an opportunity to design representative public policy oriented to help migrant communities in the host society.

Keywords : female migration; violence; course of life; Venezuela; Chile.

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