This seminar was organised by the London Centre for Social Studies (LCSS). LCSS continues seminar series at LSE. Gulfem Cakir, lecturer at Kent University gave a talk about Immigration and stressed on the place of woman and psychology by statistical data.
Feminisation of migration, especially in labour migration, is an emerging area of interest in policy and research as it is on the increase worldwide. Despite the fact that women usually migrate as 'dependents' and are confined to specific sectors, their existence in the migration space is getting more attention from researchers. As a result of their migration experience, women experience a number of psychosocial changes. Until recent times, however, the psychosocial consequences of migration have been among the neglected areas in both migration and mental health studies. First part of this talk will include the migration experiences of Turkish-speaking community in the UK with an emphasis on the case of Turkish-speaking women. The second part will include some initial findings from an ongoing research project that explores acculturation and adaptation experiences and its psychological consequences among Turkish-speaking women living in London.
Gulfem Cakir received her BSc (Hons) and MSc in Psychological Counselling and Guidance from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. She worked for the Ministry of Education (MONE) from 1999 to 2002, in Turkey. After MONE, she worked as a researcher at METU in several research projects. Since April 2005, Gulfem is a Visiting Training Fellow at European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care at University of Kent, and she is currently researching the integration experiences of Turkish-speaking women living in London as a part of her doctoral studies. She is exploring Turkish community organisations and their service provision to the Turkish community in London as a part of this project. She is also working as a research assistant (Part-time) in a project on "Cultural capital during migration" funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
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