新移民女性的賦權與社會參與：以國姓鄉南港村為例

在現代全球化的影響之下，國家之間的界線已不再分明，女性經由婚姻的方式在國界之間流動。「外籍新娘」、「大陸新娘」、「新台灣之子」乃近幾十年間台灣社會新興的族群代名詞。　　婚姻對於女性而言是一個相當重大的人生轉捩點。婚後女性需要離開原生家庭，進入另外一個家庭中扮演全新的角色。在台灣的傳統觀念之中，女性必須肩負起照顧家庭成員，打點丈夫生活內外生活起居，傳宗接代等工作。而對新移民女性而言，身分的轉換並不是生命中唯一的改變。比起一般國內通婚的夫妻，異國聯姻必須要面對彼此文化的差異，而許多台灣的新移民女性則是僅憑著婚姻仲介的牽線便來到這裡，壓力之大可想而知。本研究的主要田野地點位於南投縣國姓鄉南港村，這裡有著許多印尼以及越南、大陸的新移民女性。而由於南港村為客家村的緣故，因此許多自印尼的客家華僑女性本著於彼此文化具有相似性的原因選擇嫁來台灣。村中許多外籍配偶皆已來台十數年，語言流暢，也擁有自己的社交圈以及工作。這些新移民女性透過社會參與的過程達成賦權的目的。在不同層級的賦權中，新移民女性試圖讓自己能夠平等地被認識及尊重，獲得對自己群體的認同感，並且獲得溝通以及協商的能力。

關鍵字

外籍配偶；賦權；社會參與

並列摘要

For nearly a decade, the influences of globalization can be obviously perceived by the increasing number of immigrants from Southeast Asia in Taiwan. For the purpose of seeking a better life, those immigrants travel through the borderline in the name of labor or marriage. In the following discussion, the topic of this paper is mainly about the social participate activities of foreign spouses in a mountainous village called Nangang Village, which located in the central part of Taiwan. Social participation such as taking part in community activities, working, community interaction, gain knowledge, volunteer services, casual activities, and political activities are all include. Thought out those activities, foreign spouses construct their social network, accumulate social capital and gain self-realization, by taking a further examination of this, researcher could have more details about how it helps foreign spouses fit in Taiwan’s culture and lifestyle. This article based upon the fieldwork from 2012 to 2013. By developing these materials that collected during the period of time, researcher explored how marriage immigrants travels overseas and live a life that is totally different than their original home country. And how do they achieve the goal of empowerment through social participation.