When Women Leave, Who Cares for the Elderly? By ELAINE ACOSTA

Elaine Acosta
Thu, 04 May 2017 03:01:16 +0000
Featured Posts, Features, elderly, migration, women

Cuba’s population is ageing rapidly, a trend directly linked to the demographic character of international migration that includes an increasing number of both women and young migrants. This trend has accelerated since the 1990s. But how, exactly, has this happened? How is the growing feminization of migration related to an ageing population and how does …