The Ties that Unbind: Filipino Female Transmigration and the Left-Behind Family as Domestic Church of the Poor through the Lens of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences

• Main Author: Borja, Maria Elisa A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Catholic Studies; Family, Life Course, and Society; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Migration Studies; Religion; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Women's Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/76; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003282310-11/ties-unbind-maria-elisa-borja
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Migration creates new ties for female migrants in host countries, but these tend to unbind existing family ties. This chapter submits that being a domestic church of the poor in the context of female transmigration is about engaging in a collective mission of binding up the wounds of the small (biol...