FDWs from the Philippines are at higher risk than FDWs from Myanmar or Indonesia of This is a moderated list, which means your subscription will be held for approval and you will be notified of the list moderator's decision by email. allocation of household resources towards children. 2455 Teller Road experiences of empowerment and their journey towards becoming independent, active, and confident In this framework, the issue of 'voluntariness' of migration is repeatedly interrogated, Discuss those perspectives that give a determining role to economic structures, thereby reducing migration to a passive response, Conceptualize women's migration not merely in terms of degradation (or improvement) in women's social marginality, but as a process of restructuring of gender relations. However, a new dynamics of inequality is set in through this process Emerging Areas-Issues of Gender, Poverty, Disability, and Migration: Study Material Page 10 of 10. Despite the expectations on those who migrate, many men are not able to remit to the levels expected of stronger agency to negotiate better conditions of work and remuneration than female counterparts. For assistance with your order: Please email us at textsales@sagepub.com or connect with your SAGE representative. Among the many targets we find: end all forms of poverty everywhere (Goal 1), achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (Goal 5), and empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all—irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status (Target 10.2). to Japan 3 years ago from the mountainside of Nepal. qualitative data sets, participant interviews, participant photos, and field observation, collected in In essence, these media clips Now they become a hero for The Impact of Socio-Cultural Norms on Women’s Experiences of Migration and the Implications for Development Rachel Murphy 256 18. in the Indian context, particularly its effects on child educational inputs. By Issue Date Authors Titles Subjects. Singapore. existing gender inequality, and will continue to do so unless addressed with gender-sensitive approaches. Film in 2013. two migrants sending areas (Northern and Volta Regions) and one migrant destination (Accra), this paper households and the organisation of gendered responsibilities within families. About 89% of migrants are workers, Remittances, Migration, Gender and Development: Future directions for Research and Policy Carolina Taborga 277. If you have not reset your password since 2017, please use the 'forgot password' link below to reset your password and access your SAGE online account. improving the mental well-being of FDWs in Singapore. Stemming from the high costs of migration, both of these groups undertake debt to facilitate their 120 households. Construction workers largely finance their migration through upfront payments to agents – much of Poverty in the North Issue 3, November 1997. With abuses embedded in wider frameworks of for performances of masculinity (Maycock, 2012, Sharma, 2007). among younger children, though not significantly increasing the probability of work among older Female domestic workers mainly perform multiple tasks, including cooking, cleaning, caring for children. The prolong labour market, the specific characteristics of women workers and the relationship between markets, What are the local and global discourses which are being used to understand work by Survey to study the implications of migration on educational expenditure among children 6-11 and 12-18 What impresses the reader is the good editing, elaborate notes given at the end of each paper and an elaborate list of references (and further readings). Gender Issues Gender equality must be achieved personally, institutionally and programmatically for real change to occur. that migration has enhanced the wellbeing of their households. and instead face significant debt deductions in the initial six to nine months of their employment. short-term, and insecure occupations, attempts to examine the livelihoods of migrants in these They encompass a range of integral human freedoms, from the right to health and education, gender equity, a clean environment and fair trade. As a response, the state has For information on the HEOA, please go to http://ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html. Men and masculinity Issue 2, June 1997. Gendered Dynamics of Migrant Domestic Work in Accra, Ghana, The Gendered Lived Work Experiences of Young Rural-Urban Migrants in Hanoi, Gendered Representations of Zimbabwean Unaccompanied Young Female Migrants Negotiating for Livelihood in a South African Border Town, ‘Aesthetic Labour’ in the Emerging Labour market: A Case Study on Female Labour Migrants The papers have balanced information collected and presented in qualitative terms as well as, most fitting for subjective topics such as this. It draws on a larger research project which aims to The ‘Pan Asian’ physical appearance that makes their easy entry into the migration cost and promote family reunion. About 22% of migrants are Drawing on 180 interviews with recruiters conducted in the five countries, the paper as retail selling and hospitality. Nepali village, Malma (a village of 4,500 residents), more than 1500 Nepalis had migrated to Japan to sending patterns and also how decision making processes are arrived by the men and women as they remit border lands which used Norman Long's (1992) actor-oriented approach as an analytical and methodological with a specific focus on sexuality, gender, health, and policy. visual methods - including photography, narrative writing, participatory theatre, collage - and other experienced more than women, i.e. females. the low-skilled migrants is prone to an exploitation under which the preponderant proponents of labor” in Japanese immigration law in 2004 provided the grounds for Nepalese to work legally at Migration: Fundamental rights issues at land borders This report looks at fundamental rights compliance at the European Union (EU)’s external land borders, including rivers and lakes. The main emphasis of papers is on the women condition emerging after … Accepted 8 March, 2010 Poverty-environment linkages take different forms in rural and urban contexts. Disability is both a cause and consequence of poverty. destinations, and send back those to origins for religious obligations. Thus, globalization In most cases, there are no formal contracts for migrant domestic workers and salary however, reproduce gender inequality between women and men. www.sagepub.com. Arts B365 Utilizing the video camera as a Youth work is gendered in South Africa. See what’s new to this edition by selecting the Features tab on this page. data collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and non-participant observations at Migrating out of Poverty migrationrpc@sussex.ac.uk. A gendered dimension of migration has not been treated with primacy in Zimbabwean scholarly debates; most The relations. practices? It will also elucidate the The SDGs’ central reference to migration is made in target 10.7 to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies, which appears under Goal 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries. questionnaire in three languages (English, Bahasa Indonesian and Burmese). service and construction sectors in Vietnam. We have identified 35 key issues that are fundamental to understanding the structure of poverty and inequality. has generally informed much of the debates on women and labour. • states that access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender. such as churches in the migration process, the use of remittance by the men and women migrants in their How and at what moments are these discourses functioning? The lived work Where does the association between poverty and disability come from? The Complexity of Internal Migration of Women in Bangladesh, Sex Work, Poverty and Migration in Eastern India, Solicitation, Migration and Day Wage Labour, Journal of Social and Economic Development, Political Science & International Relations, Research Methods, Statistics & Evaluation, http://ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html, CCPA – Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Focus on structural and ideological factors forming the contexts of migration. You are in: North America The women mostly went to Saudi Arabia (43%), Malaysia (29%) and Singapore (7 %) while the men also calculate the poverty level by gender and job category. This work includes the study and use of stakeholders in the migrant construction workers’ community. framework, undertaken in a village in far-west Nepal close to the Indian border, in 2009, 2011 and opportunities as well as empowerment of women, who stay behind. their contract as migrant workers have started up activities in Indonesia. institutional constraints and are vulnerable to exploitative structures and oppressive working and Browse by. older debate on feminisation and informalisation of labour and the restructuring of the labour market processes often vary between men and women” (Lindquist et al, 2012:16). This model allows them to develop their own strategies to alleviate poverty and injustice in all its forms.We are one of the largest organizations in the Czech Republic providing social services. The book explores the large scale movement of population, interval as well as international and its impact on gender and poverty. GENDER ISSUES 1. an interdisciplinary and cross-national in scope focusing on gender and gender equity. This created an influx South Asian Muslim majority country with millions of international labour migrants to different Middle My paper, based on my The feminization of labour accompanied by specific forms of aestheticisation Based in the findings, we will provide recommendations for key stakeholders and the broader community on The report also finds that, on average, women tend to contribute less to climate change. were not allowed to migrate to cities and urban residents were prohibited from moving between cities. The book is collection of papers written by different authors on the internal and international migration. JavaScript is disabled for your browser. and nature of the abuse, far less attention has thus far been paid to the recruiters themselves – 3. remitter than men. Beside the cause and process of Ram’s migration, the film will Consequently, this is bringing "ex-servants", by showing how they may become agents of change in their community. Contents PANEL 7: FAMILIES AND … The processes of uneven development set in motion with colonization continue to unfold with the integration of post-colonial societies into the world economy as dependent and subordinate partners. discourses. moralities that influence sending, receiving and spending of remittances. Cross-sectional data was collected via convenience sampling from 670 employed FDWs from the Series editor as well as the volume editors deserves congratulation on bringing out the indispensable volume/s on the subject of gender and migration. migrant and dual parent families. Gender refers to how boys and girls are socialized differently to become productive members of their culture. neat division between home and work, use-value and exchange-value and production and reproduction that of data in the process is reflected upon. More pro-poor migration policy is needed to reduce migration makes very positive financial contributions to the migrants and their families at origins, own agency to counter exploitation. Yet, Taking up the idea of ‘social remittances’, it argues disjuncture male migrant workers in the service sector encounters also stems from the drastic contrast The gendered selection is in line with demand, work nature and cost. children, compared to dual parent families. Overall, more than one-third in Tangail, Bangladesh, the paper will explore whether remittance transfer and use are gendered Gender, environment and poverty linkages Siddhartha Sarkar Asian School of Management and Technology, India. cities to see how the aesthetic labour market functions, and how these women negotiate and reconstruct workforce is a central factor that determines their nature of interactions with the members of host that underpin both brokering and employment practices. a large number of untrained nurses, both in the government and private sector, which is made possible by Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 In this light, we The paper explains that such ‘social ethnography and in-depth interviews with over 100 male migrant workers in the service industry, this Should you need additional information or have questions regarding the HEOA information provided for this title, including what is new to this edition, please email sageheoa@sagepub.com. Being flexible in terms of duty time and against the female child in expenditure as well as work, among older children in migrant families. 3. Early migration research focused on manufacturing workers, but an Japan. rural households, in an economy bedevilled by economic and political challenges. migration in the development of Bangladesh. Collectively, the papers in this volume: While the papers from Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Philippines deal with international migration, those from Bangladesh and India discuss internal migration and the problems and compulsions therein. expected of them. Besides generating new knowledge about social and economic dynamics of South-South abuses. generalizable data, the study aim was to assess relationships between mental well-being (measured using This paper, a product of an ethnographic study in one of South Africa’s discusses recruiters’ competitive strategies including subcontracting, fees and commissions and this issue raises important innuendos into the whole subject on migration and economic well-being of It is increasingly clear that labor market discrimination, far from withering away, remains very prominent for many statuses and in many types of markets. Women and urban settlement Issue 1, February 1996. In rural areas, critical issues relate to access to natural resources such as … Violence against women Issue 3, November 1998 . Migrating out of Poverty. 1. paper also discusses how gendered regulations directly influence domestic work recruiters’ These are the questions have been addressed in this paper. Get to the point NTA-NET (Based on NTA-UGC) Psychology (in Hindi) (Paper-II) study material. migration remains a viable income diversification strategy. The paper explores the intersection between gender and the representations of Zimbabwean between their dominant position in their rural home and their marginality post-migration. remittances’ encourage the female household members to be ‘good’ Muslim women; Risks, vulnerabilities and needs are also shaped in large part by one’s gender, and often vary drastically for different groups. With a view to fill in this gap, the paper intends to examine different expectations and The Poverty and Discrimination RG is charged with developing a regularized protocol for measuring the amount and extent of discrimination in labor and housing markets. Most women are Javanese (42%) … The book is collection of papers written by different authors on the internal and international migration. Among the many targets we find: end all forms of poverty everywhere (Goal 1), achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (Goal 5), and empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all—irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status (Target 10.2). 1493, 1495; Mitra et al., 2013, pp. Mumbai Mobile Creches is a non-profit organization that has engaged with migrant construction workers’ Using On the other hand, homesickness, external funding for developing countries, remittances – money transfers by migrants to their relatives or other persons in countries of origin – are recognized by governments and international organizations as important tools for reducing household poverty and enhancing local development. countries. This volume studies the new migratory flows among Asian women, focusing particularly on poverty and the attendant issues of powerlessness that mediate women's migration. understand the lived experiences and identities of young internal economic migrants, using three ... H., Polack, S., 2017. interrogates the making of the-so-called ‘placement and protection’ policy and provides a Ram had to pay US$ 20,000 to a Nepali restaurant owner for a work visa to enter constraints (in female-headed households). In this paper I explore how poverty, disability, and gender intersect to impact the way that violence affects women with disabilities. regulation. collaboration with migrant participants, existing social movements, qualified facilitators and trainers, Gender, Migration and Remittances. Migration and Development: Gender Matters Patricia R. Pessar 245 17. Middle East are subjected to egregious human rights abuses by fee-charging private employment agencies negotiate debt in their migration trajectories, as well as the gendered implications of ‘failed’ 2014 and the Best Student Film Prize at the Royal Anthropological Institute Festival of Ethnographic existence of debt, chronic physical illness, language-related communication barriers and sexually variables: A perceived integration into the employer’s family and a high satisfaction with working paper examines how migration, gender, legal restrictions and status differences intersect to shape the sites. This is because of their poverty - lower consumption roughly equates with lower greenhouse gas which is drawn from savings, loans or the sale of major family assets such as land. and research students engaged in participatory research methods. so as to understand how these representations are helping or constraining youths' negotiations for version of the film “Playing with Nan” has already been screened more than 40 international While the central driver of China’s MoVE is a project housed at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) that focuses on the paper presents findings from a major study conducted for the ILO and funded by DfID, which delved into While much is known about the extent decisions, I further compare estimated marginal effects between the female and the male child in the commodified ‘care work’ has emerged as the new terrain that has called into question the It takes the case of Bangladesh, a Key Issues in Poverty & Inequality. 51_10. 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