Essays about: "Migrants´ social rights"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the words Migrants´ social rights.

1. 21. The paradox of women migrant workers: agency and vulnerabilities. : Understanding the perspective of women migrant workers in Amman, Jordan 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Mercedes Lopez; [2018]
   Keywords : women migrant workers; domestic workers; feminization of migration; gender; agency; vulnerability; Jordan;

   Abstract : Migration has taken place throughout human history. However, push and pull factors for migration have changed, and some have not been identified during long periods of time. READ MORE

3. 22. Resistance Stories: An experience-centred narrative analysis of the political biographies of asylum rights activists opposing the post-2015 migration regime in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Marcus Bornlid; [2018]
   Keywords : migration; securitisation; collective identity; narrative research; social movements; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The autumn of 2015 constituted a major break with the prior migration regime in Sweden, as the government implemented temporary migration laws in order to curb the large-scale arrival of migrants, which had taken the authorities by surprise at the time. Following this, the question of migration has gradually to a greater extent come to be framed as a threat by government officials and the political parties, suggesting that restrictive policies are imperative to maintain the country’s security. READ MORE

4. 23. Transnationalism, an idea of human rights approach to violence against vulnerable groups (case study LGBT communities in Uganda)

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Peter Obenga; [2018]
   Keywords : Transnational networks; LGBTI communtities; social networks; human rights activism;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the development of transnational human rights activists’ networks and how they operate and influence LGBTI human rights activist networks in Uganda against violence on the Ugandan LGBTI communities. The case study, employs semi structured interviews to investigate, how transnational networks are used as a mobilization too in promoting LGBTI human rights in Uganda. READ MORE

5. 24. Crossing borders, creating boundaries : Identity making of the Angolan diaspora residing in the border town of Rundu, northern Namibia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Emelie Danielsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Border; boundary; identity; Namibia; Angola; diaspora; migration; colonialism; independence struggle; civil war; proxy war;

   Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis explores the relationship between borders, boundaries and migration, and their effect on identity making from a diasporic perspective. The study focuses on notions of national, regional, cultural, tribal and ethnic identity, and set in relation to the influence borders and boundarieshave on these processes. READ MORE

6. 25. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WELL-BEING AND INTEGRATION AMONG MIGRANT WOMEN IN FINLAND: A cross-sectional study using Migrant Health and Well-being Study data 2010-2012

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

   Author : Wiam Elfadl; [2016]
   Keywords : migrant; women; Finland; integration; well-being;

   Abstract : Background Well-being is one of the pillars of human rights that represent a bio psychological construct including physical, mental and social health. Despite of the significant advances in the thinking of the concept of well-being, there remains a gap between the positive intentions to support migrants to integrate and the concrete actions of practitioners. READ MORE