Essays about: "Migrant children"

Showing result 46 - 48 of 48 essays containing the words Migrant children.

1. 46. Discourses of agency and power in lives of Burmese migrant children in Tak province, Thailand

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Victoria Stetsko; [2012]
   Keywords : migrant children; exported model of childhood; agency; power; Thailand; nongovernmental; organizations; community organizations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research aims to identify the extent to wgich concepts of childhood originated in the West influence the perceptions and representations of Burmese migrant children living in Thailand by non-governmental and community-based organizations working with these children. Theoretical foundation is built upon conceptions of childhood, agency and empowerment as well as on academic theories related to these concepts. READ MORE

3. 47. Multi-Layered Chinese Citizenship: Policy Analysis on the Educational Rights of Internal Immigrants’ Children

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Shuangyan Liang; [2012]
   Keywords : multi-layered citizenship; educational rights; hukou; migrant children; non-local hukou children; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Internal immigration in China has experienced a huge increase since the economic reform was launched in the late 1970s. While contemporary Hukou (household registration) system has contributed to stop the immigrants from sharing the local welfare benefits, especially the public education resources. READ MORE

4. 48. From Silence to Affirmation:Domestic Workers in Uganda from Fieldwork to Empirical Agenda:An Intersection of Class, Gender, and Ethnicity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kaythrine Wilson; [2010]
   Keywords : Domestic work; Gender; Ethnicity; Uganda; Neoliberal; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The system on migrant domestic workers in post-industrialist countries has been widely researched, and extensive material exists on migrant domestic service from the Philippines and Eastern Europe. However, the system on domestic work performed by local women other than housewives or nonmembers of the family in the household(nonkinship) has rarely caught the attention of mainstream research communities. READ MORE