Australia's 2018 introduction of the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) broadened the scope and duration of labour mobility pathways available to Pacific Island countries. Although longer term temporary migration schemes like the PLS expand livelihood opportunities for migrant households, they also create challenges related to the maintenance of personal relationships and care practices during transnational family separation. Though pressing concerns for Pacific Island governments, these issues have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on in-depth interviews with migrants and their households in Kiribati, Tonga and Vanuatu, this article offers some preliminary insights into the way gender norms intersect with the reorganization of socially reproductive labour during migration. Findings indicate that women were disproportionately involved in the performance of additional unpaid care work within migrant households adjusting to transnational family life, but also suggest that women's participation in labour mobility may offer nascent opportunities to increase financial autonomy and social standing through the act of ‘remitting care’.

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“有时，男性做不到女性能做的事情”：太平洋劳动力流动、性别规范和社会再生产

澳大利亚于 2018 年推出太平洋劳工计划 (PLS)，扩大了太平洋岛国劳动力流动途径的范围和持续时间。尽管像 PLS 这样的长期临时移民计划扩大了移民家庭的生计机会，但它们也带来了与跨国家庭离散期间维持个人关系和照顾做法相关的挑战。尽管这些问题对太平洋岛国政府来说是紧迫的关切，但很少受到学术界的关注。本文通过对基里巴斯、汤加和瓦努阿图的移民及其家庭的深入访谈，对移民过程中性别规范与社会再生产劳动重组的交叉方式提供了一些初步见解。研究结果表明，在适应跨国家庭生活的移民家庭中，妇女过多地参与了额外的无酬照护工作，但也表明，妇女参与劳动力流动可能会提供新的机会，通过“汇款”行为来提高财务自主权和社会地位。关心'。