ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the migratory career of Latin American women in Belgium. It addresses the diversity of "migratory itineraries" existing among the two regional dominant groups, namely: women originally coming from Hispanic countries and coming from Brazil. The chapter is structured in two parts. The first part focuses on Spanish and Brazilian women working in the domestic sector. The second part examines the careers of a different group of Latin American respondents. Latin American countries display different levels of socioeconomic development, distinct languages, social structures, 'gender regimes' and places assigned to women. These structural factors act as pull factors, and even in cases where they are not decisive, they influence women's migration from Latin America. The study of migrant women's agency is crucial for a better understanding of their different strategies to access the Belgian domestic work market. The transformation in social capital facilitates a social change and, to some extent, a form of marginal social mobility inside the sector.
