Peru
Conclusion
It is from their role of mother that this identity is constructed. However, this role of mother is lived with tension. Even when economic needs are met, emotional needs are not. Consequently, these women work to bring their children to Switzerland, even though their children will share their illegal status. "I have always wanted to take my son with, until today I couldn't do it but the majority of my friends have already done it. They are here with two children and me, who has only one, why would I be the only one who is without her son?" (Carbajal 2002).
The children either have to face the absence of their mothers or their illegal status without understanding the reasons. Finally women, who are away from their own children may project their maternal love on others' children for whom they are paid to care. In this way, they accomplish the fact of being mothers from a distance, "I am always around children and I take care of them as if they were my son; they fill my life and it is more bearable." To Latin American immigrant women, motherhood continues to be an important aspect of their identity.
See also: HISPANIC-AMERICAN FAMILIES; LATIN AMERICA
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática del Perú (INEI). Available from http: //www.inei.gob.pe/inei4/percifra/percifra.asp.
MYRIAN CARBAJAL MENDOZA
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Marriage and Family EncyclopediaMarriage: Cultural AspectsPeru - Family Representation, Consequences, Explanations, Conclusion