NO HOPE? — SINGLE MIGRANT MOTHERS AS A PRECARIAT: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY CASE FROM BATUMI, GEORGIA

Abstract

Childcare dramatically affects careers, opportunities, and happiness in migration. Single migrant mothers (solo moms) face additional
difficulties (exclusion factors), which make them unhappy and overworked, lacking motivation, hope, and professional identity, and on the way to becoming a member of the precariat. The complex intersection of solo parenting combined with a migration has not been thoroughly researched yet, especially in relation to Belarusian migrants, but there are some connecting issues in the field of higher education, academic, and art careers. This autoethnographic study analyzes the experience of a single mother living with a three-year-old boy in migration in Batumi, Georgia from February 2022 to July 2023, highlights exclusion factors, and shows some examples
of inclusive practices for single migrant mothers in Georgia.