Women's Burden: Counter-Geographies of Globalization and the Feminization of Survival

This article explores the systemic links between cross-border profit-making circuits, such as sex trafficking and labour migration, and the economic conditions in developing countries resulting from globalization. Women make up a majority of these circuits as households have become increasingly dependent on women for their survival. The author characterizes these circuits as examples of counter-geographies of globalization. This term is used to refer to trends that are not often included within discussions of globalization despite being directly or indirectly linked to its associated effects. She concludes by emphasizing that an examination of these counter-geographies can expose the ways in which women and gender roles are deeply implicated in sustaining global economic restructuring.