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Living with my Spanish partner and having a quiet life

Municipality of Huelva, Spain

Institutions involved
Public Bodies, Other
PolĂ­tica family
Initiative Typology
Work opportunities, Other
Social networks in the society of arrival with your partner
Problem addressed
The main problem identified by the woman interviewed at the moment is getting the documentation, getting married and being able to bring her son who lives in Morocco.
Resilience strategies addressed by women
Among the main strategies is its proper integration and relations with the society of arrival, especially with who is currently his partner and his family. She is very committed to improving her Spanish training in order to communicate better.
Description of the integration initiative implemented
The main aspects that have favored its integration have been:
- Work in the field in a municipality of Huelva to be able to have income.
- Know to his current Spanish partner with whom she is going to marry.
- Regularize her situation at this time thanks to her partner.
- Do training courses to learn Spanish.
- Relate to indigenous people.
Personal story
The woman interviewed is of Moroccanorigin, is 34 years old and came in April 2018 with a contract of origin, it was the first time she came to Spain. She did not come with the intention of staying to work in Spain, but, finally, she decided to stay because the manager with whom she worked (also of Moroccan origin) told her that she was very good at working and that she could work in another labor sector.
During the time she was working with the home contract she rented a room, but she was not doing very well as she lived with six people in a room. At that time she met his current partner, Spanish. They are currently a couple and live together. That person has helped her fix her paperwork as a domestic partner and they are waiting to get married.
She feels good in Spain but thanks to the family relationships of her partner, her mother-in-law, sister, her son... She tells us that with people of her nationality she does not feel integrated in the municipality where she lives, preferring to be in relationship with other native people.
Our protagonist has a minor son in Morocco and is currently living in Morocco with her father and mother. However, she wants to be able to bring her son to Spain.
Her life with Morocco has not changed much because she worked in a city in Morocco alone and on weekends she went home to see her son and her parents. She did not study and married very young, at the age of 17. After having her son she divorced because over the years she suffered abuse
She wants to go to Morocco this summer because her father is sick and wants to see her son, but it all depends on her job. She has been out of work for a year and a half because she didn't have a job but now she's working again in the field as she has documentation.
The social relationships she has in the municipality where she lives revolve around her partner and her family but she has no Moroccan friends at the moment. It relates to more people in the municipality than to the people it works with. She does not like to interact with people from Morocco and with people from other countries. She does not feel respected and has no help from other women of her nationality.
Some afternoons she has Spanish classes at an NGO.
In the future she wants her son to live with her, she would like to get married and live together. Her job expectations are to leave the field and be a clerk or in hospitality because neither she nor her partner likes her to work in the field.
Analysis of the initiative and individual story
The main initiatives developed to improve the integration of the protagonist have been:
SOCIAL NETWORKS:
- She has her Spanish partner and the relationships she has with his family.
WORK:
- He currently works in the field.
RESILIENCE STRATEGIES
- The desire to improve her life as a couple, marry and have a child with her current partner.
Results and Impact
She feels good in Spain because she is happy with her current partner and her family, although, as she tells us, she would not mind being in Morocco or Spain as long as it is with him. She wants a quiet family life.
In the very near future she hopes to get married, get pregnant and bring her child to live as a family in a quiet way.