Chapter 15. Female migration, a non-farming strategy for adaptation to climatic and environmental changes in the Imanan (Niger)
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9 juin 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.12373
- isbn: 9782709924245
- eisbn: 9782709924252
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Amadou Oumarou, « Chapter 15. Female migration, a non-farming strategy for adaptation to climatic and environmental changes in the Imanan (Niger) », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.12373
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Introduction Labour migration of rural girls who go to towns as domestic servants is a very widespread phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger, although it has developed remarkably in recent years, it is still little known. However it does have substantial proportions in various places in the country. Such migration is mainly seasonal and takes place during slack work periods of the year, that is to say from October to May. It is commonly referred to as an ‘exodus’ and, in addition to its ...