The following work presents the meaning of migration process as a female experience on the example of textile workers. The theoretical framework for this work is the feminist perspective. In theoretical part the author reconsiders various ideologies such as capitalism and patriarchy and outlines the chronological development of feminist perspective. The beginnings of feminist perspective coincided with the Early Modern Era and its ideologies including the Enlightenment Era in cultural sense and the emerging of capitalistic system in economic sense. The empirical part discusses the analysis of the interviews with the eight women interviewed by the author of this work. They migrated from various parts of Yugoslavia and found employment in a textile factory. They migrated from various parts of Yugoslavia to Slovenia from 1950's to 1970's.The main hypothesis for the empirical part is the emancipatory moment in the migration process exposed by interviewees. In this manner the author gives an account of life experiences, fostered relationships in the family and local community of the interviewed women and tries to find the reasons for the decision to migrate. Usually various and interrelated circumstances led to their decision making. The author tries to find differences and similarities related to gender relations and the role of women in their families and local environment before and after migration. Their new life in Slovenia was focused on their family life and factory work.
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