International marriage migration of women in globalization conditions

Abstract

This article undertakes to study the international marriage migration of women across the globe.
The aim of this study is to examine the transformation process of women’s migration to marriage migration and the cause effect related characteristics of this migration. Literature review and cause effect related analysis is applied to the study; the study examined the factors that affect these marriages, and explains the effects of this marriage migration on host and donor countries. As a result, it was mentioned factors two main trends identified on this process; the first one is non-purposeful marriage migration; the 2nd trend is purposeful marriage migration. The motives of purposeful marriage categorized as follow; economic factor, social- cultural states and demographical factors. The factor generated by non –purposeful marriage some of them could be classified as bellow; in order to get rid of valid documentation procedure and economic problems in the host country.