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How to Live as a Refugee? Anchoring of the Ukrainian Female Refugees in the Labour Market through Activities of State Institutions and Non-formal Organisations in the Case Study of Krakow

Publication date: 22.10.2024

Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora, 2024 (L), Issue 2 (192), pp. 75 - 97

https://doi.org/10.4467/25444972SMPP.24.001.19599

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Krystyna Slany
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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Magdalena Ślusarczyk
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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Ewa Krzaklewska
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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How to Live as a Refugee? Anchoring of the Ukrainian Female Refugees in the Labour Market through Activities of State Institutions and Non-formal Organisations in the Case Study of Krakow

Abstract

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, has marked a new chapter in European history, generating masses of war refugees who sought refuge in many countries and in large numbers, including Poland. In this article, we analyse the assistance and support provided to Ukrainian women refugees in the city of Krakow, with focus on the labour market integration. The data consists of 19 expert interviews with the representatives of the organisations and institutions, as well as researchers in the migration field. We start with analysing the immediate state response at the national policy level, which created a legal framework allowing refugees, among others, fast entrance to the labour market and to set up businesses. Then, we examine how the responses of public institutions were accompanied by enormous grassroot mobilisation of support provided to Ukrainian refugees in Krakow. As we argue, integration into the labour market is critical for integration, but currently lack of evaluation of policy solutions and informalisation of the labour market may result in the reproduction of vulnerability of female refugees.

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Information: Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora, 2024 (L), Issue 2 (192), pp. 75 - 97

Article type: Original article

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English: How to Live as a Refugee? Anchoring of the Ukrainian Female Refugees in the Labour Market through Activities of State Institutions and Non-formal Organisations in the Case Study of Krakow

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1339-3689

Krystyna Slany
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
, Poland
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4415-5947

Magdalena Ślusarczyk
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
, Poland
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-5405

Anastasiya Stelmakh
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
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Published at: 22.10.2024

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The research was conducted as part of the project “GEN-MIGRA: Gender, mobilities and migration during and post COVID-19 pandemic – vulnerability, resilience and renewal”, through the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities – Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World (RRR Call 2021), funded by National Science Center, Poland (2021/03/Y/HS6/00159).

Percentage share of authors:

Krystyna Slany (Author) - 25%
Magdalena Ślusarczyk (Author) - 25%
Ewa Krzaklewska (Author) - 25%
Anastasiya Stelmakh (Author) - 25%

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Krystyna Slany – prof. dr hab, specjalizuje się w zakresie demografii społecznej, socjologii migracji oraz socjologii rodziny i płci. Kierowała Zakładem Intersekcjonalnych Badań Społecznych w Instytucie Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Jest członkinią Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami PAN.

Magdalena Ślusarczyk – dr hab., socjolog i germanistka, profesor uczelni w Instytucie Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Zajmuje się zagadnieniami funkcjonowania i zmian w systemach edukacyjnych i procesami migracji, szczególnie w kontekście migracji rodzin. Badaczka i kierująca jednym z zadań w projekcie Transfam: Doing family in a Transnational Context. Demographic Choices, Welfare Adaptations, School Integration and Every-day Life of Polish Families Living in Polish-Norwegian Transnationality (2013–2016) realizowanego ze środkow Funduszy Norweskich, kierownik projektu Tracks: Transitions and Kindergarten (2017–2020) w ramach programu Erasmus+, kierownik polskiego zespołu w projekcie Strategies for achieving equity and inclusion in education, training and learning in democratic Europe (STRIDE, Horyzont). Należy do Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami PAN i jest członkinią Rady ds. Polityki Rodzinnej i Demograficzne przy MRPiPS.

Ewa Krzaklewska – adiunktka w Instytucie Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Jej zainteresowania badawcze obejmują tematy związane z młodzieżą i młodymi dorosłymi, tj. procesy wchodzenia w dorosłość, mobilność edukacyjną i migracje, równość płci. Uczestniczyła w licznych projektach związanych z tematyką równości płci (w tym, GEQ, GENERA, MIC, ACT, Genmigra). Od 2022 kieruje na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim projektem INSPIRE Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in Research & Innovation: Creating Knowledge & Engaging in Collaborative Action (Horyzont Europa, 2022–2026).

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