Migration and the Americas Global Mothers, Local Care: Maternal Health and Wellbeing across Migration Contexts
- Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2025, 18:15 Uhr
- HCA, Atrium
- Dr. Maria Marti Castaner, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Department of Public Health
In her talk, Dr. Marti Castaner presents research with women of diverse migrant backgrounds in three different contexts. In New York, she worked with Central American women to understand how surviving sex trafficking shapes wellbeing, parenting, and encounters with systems of care. In Denmark, she examines how maternal, sexual, and reproductive care systems respond to, and are received by, women with migrant backgrounds, producing both inequities and opportunities for building trust within the welfare state. Drawing on pilot work in Colombia, she shares insights into how networks of maternal care are affected by and navigate political shifts that impact the provision of care to women on the move. Connecting insights from these sites, the talk asks: How do migration and motherhood intersect to shape maternal wellbeing? What inequities are produced in these encounters with care? And how might we reimagine geographies of care for migrant women by zooming in on local systems and practices?

Adresse
Heidelberg Center for American Studies
HCA Atrium
Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais
Hauptstraße 120
69117 HeidelbergVeranstalter
Veranstaltungstyp
Veranstaltungsreihe
Vortrag
Kontakt
Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Migrations and the Americas'
Migrationsbewegungen erweisen sich in vielen Weltregionen als eine besondere globale Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts. Das HCA wendet sich diesem Thema zusammen mit dem Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies und dem Institut für Geografie mit der Vortragsreihe „Migration and the Americas“ zu, mit besonderem Fokus auf die USA und Lateinamerika.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara GonzálezProf. Dr. Ulrike Gerhard