Persistent Instability: a Woman's Narrative of Migration Waves in the City of Yazd

Iran has experienced extensive internal migrations in the last few decades, and this migration trend continues to increase in the inter-provincial dimension. These migrations have been associated with vast challenges in the country’s regions. Therefore, the current research seeks a female narrative of migration waves, which are formed due to the two-way instability in the immigrant-sending and immigrant-receiving regions.

This research followed the qualitative method and used the grounded theory approach. The participants were 21 women who immigrated to Yazd city from different provinces. They were selected purposefully and by theoretical sampling. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. Data analysis was done by open, central, and selective coding methods.

The findings of the present research indicate the existence of stable instability in the internal migration cycle of the country. As a result of the inefficiency of the regional policies, the immigrant-sending regions have faced widespread instability, which has become the basis for large group migrations from these regions. On the other hand, the ineffectiveness of the policies in the immigrant-receiving regions in properly and proportionally absorbing the immigrant population has caused the balance between population and resources to be disturbed, and the foundations of these areas have also faced severe instabilities in various dimensions.

The continuation of this process, without timely and appropriate government intervention, will cause a new wave of migration from these areas, in which priority is given to people with more human and economic capital to move to more developed metropolises. Therefore, this path requires more accurate monitoring and efficient management and policymaking