Psychosocial impacts on children, sons and daughters, of single mothers in a situation of human mobility

Abstract

Migration is the displacement that human beings carry out when leaving their place of origin, its causes are varied and even multifactorial and range from economic, political, environmental, social, or demographic reasons. Within this phenomenon that has been increasing, it has been increasingly seen that the percentage of single women, boys, girls, and migrant adolescents increases, which represents vulnerable population groups due to their conditions. Women in a situation of human mobility are exposed to risks such as violence, abuse, and trafficking, sometimes some women travel fulfilling the role of heads of household without a partner, which increases their vulnerability and that of their children and/or daughters since this double responsibility represents a double emotional burden that can have repercussions in accepting jobs that do not promote their dignity and that violate their rights. Likewise, migrant children and adolescents, children of these single mothers, have been a population for which no data has been collected, however, through a literary review, it has been possible to conclude that in addition to their risk factors due to their quality of migrant children and the changes they suffer, they are also exposed to physical risks such as violence, trafficking and psychosocial risks such as xenophobia, discrimination, and adultization,  which are imperative to address since they generate psychosocial impacts that delay development or become behaviors of risk in its growth.