Essays about: "gender and remittances"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words gender and remittances.

1. 1. Catalyzing climate change adaptation capacity : potential effects of “GALS” Approach in transforming rural farm households towards gender inclusive climate change adaptation in KIREHE District. Rwanda

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Adrien Mutarambirwa; [2020]
   Keywords : adaptive capacity; rural livelihoods; climate change; gender relations; coping mechanism;

   Abstract : This study explores the impact of climate change on the livelihoods of rural farm households and the adaption strategies used to cope with the effects of climate change in Kirehe District. To thoroughly understand the case, a particular attention has been paid to gender dynamics and climatic change adaptation; the main intent was to comprehend how gender relations and adaptation strategies are intertwined in rural households which are exposed to climate-related hazards. READ MORE

3. 2. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
   Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

   Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

4. 3. The Filipino-American Care Chain : Gender, Transnational Migration and the Globalisation of Care

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Thydén Nanna; [2019]
   Keywords : Care chains; domestic workers; care drain; remittances; transnational families; Philippines; United States;

   Abstract : By caring for children, the elders and the ill, care workers are fundamental for the global economy and for peoples’ well-being. As confirmed in this thesis, the majority of domestic workers are migrant women. READ MORE

5. 4. Farmers’ perspectives on male out-migration and the future of agrarian livelihoods in Rwanda : case studies from Rudashya and Kiryango villages

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Eric Nisingizwe; [2019]
   Keywords : Agrarian Livelihoods; migration; push factors; pull factors; livelihood strategies; gender relations; remittances;

   Abstract : Rural out-migration is prevalent phenomenon throughout the Global South. In this study, I explore the effects of male out-migration on the agrarian livelihoods of the farmers‟ households in Rwanda. READ MORE

6. 5. The gendered risks of resettlement : A case study from Upper Paunglaung dam in Myanmar

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Antonia Wistbacka; [2018]
   Keywords : Upper Paunglaung dam; Women; Gender; Resettlement; Relocation; Risks;

   Abstract : This research investigates if the resettlement in the Upper Paunglaung dam affected men and women differently. The purpose is to identify gendered risks and show how the processes of the resettlement are different according to gender. To understand the results and analysis it includes a background chapter of women in Myanmar society. READ MORE