No Hope? — Single Migrant Mothers as a Precariat: Autoethnography Case From Batumi, Georgia
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Childcare dramatically affects careers, opportunities, and happiness in migration. Single migrant mothers (solo moms) face additional difficulties (exclusion factors), which make them unhappy and overworked, lacking motivation, hope, and professional identity, and on the way to becoming a member of the precariat. The complex intersection of solo parenting combined with a migration has not been thoroughly researched yet, especially in relation to Belarusian migrants, but there are some connecting issues in the field of higher education, academic, and art careers. This autoethnographic study analyzes the experience of a single mother living with a three-year-old boy in migration in Batumi, Georgia from February 2022 to July 2023, highlights exclusion factors, and shows some examples of inclusive practices for single migrant mothers in Georgia.
Source: Topos
Author: Margarita Korzoun
Language: English
Topic: Migration and Labor Dynamics
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7141512047