Gender, immigration policies and accreditation: Valuing the skills of professional women migrants

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 155-166

  Iredale, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accreditation processes for overseas trained migrants; Immigration selection policies; Skilled female migrants

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MIGRANT WORKER; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 13744257078     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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