Essays about: "Migrant children"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the words Migrant children.

1. 21. MIGRANT CHILDREN’S SOCIAL EMBEDDEDNESS BY MODALITY SWITCHING THROUGH ONLINE VIDEO GAMES

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Sholeh Takht Kooseh; [2018-07-04]
   Keywords : Migrant children; Online video game OVG ; Modality switching; Social embeddedness; Communication; Interaction; online weak ties;

   Abstract : Online video games are a mass phenomenon in today’s life that have become a leisure activity for many people, including children. One feature of the online video games is meeting others with more common interests which can help children find social networks to share common values and interests. READ MORE

3. 22. Migrating Mothers’ Experiences of Motherhood and Mothering in an ever-globalizing World.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linnea Ljung; [2018]
   Keywords : migration; transnational motherhood; motherwork; mothering; migrant mother’s intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Female migrants comprise half of the worlds migrating people today. Modern ideals of mothering and motherhood entail mothers staying at home to care for their children, mother’s having to migrate away from their families contradicts current (modern) values. READ MORE

4. 23. Dynamics of migration, consumption and gender: The case of Ukrainian migrant women in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Viktoriia Zinchuk; [2018]
   Keywords : skilled migration; gender; consumption; practices.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : How do practices of migration, consumption and gender mutually shape each other in contemporary society? In this thesis, I am trying to partly address some aspects of this question by examining the consumption practices of Ukrainian migrant mothers in Sweden. Drawing on conceptual frames of gendered geographies of power and employing a practice theory as a meta-theoretical approach, I conducted fourteen semi-structured open-ended interviews with Ukrainian migrants. READ MORE

5. 24. ‘Children on the move are children first’ : A Critical Analysis of Position Papers on Children on the Move from the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

   Author : Rhiannon Maddocks; Ronja Ulvfot; [2018]
   Keywords : Children on the Move; European Network of Ombudspersons for Children; Discourse analysis; Children’s rights; Migration;

   Abstract : With children on the move at the forefront of policy-making and research in Europe in recent years, it has been argued that children’s rights are increasingly encroached upon through tighter immigration controls and inconsistent policy interventions. The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) is an institution that aims to address children’s rights violations at a regional level throughout Europe, meaning that it should in its promotion of core children’s rights ensure a balance is reached between provision, participation and protection in addressing policy problems relating to children on the move. READ MORE

6. 25. Kinship structure in Sweden 2041 : Differences between Swedish born and Iranian born in the birth cohort of 1965-1975

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Marcus Immonen Hagley; [2018]
   Keywords : Social and Behavioral Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to micro-forecast kinship structure from 2017 to the first of January 2041 by using Statistic Sweden’s forecasted mortality rates. The subject of study is the Iranian population of the birth cohort 1965-1975 who have lived in Sweden 2017 and their kin and compare it with a Swedish background sample. READ MORE