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  1. 1. How to cope and how to resist : Religion, Culture and Courage Among Thai Women in Belgium Faced with Intimate Partner Violence.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Lane; [2023]
    Keywords : Intimate Partner Violence ; Lived Religion ; Migration; Coping; Buddhism; Thai;

    Abstract : This thesis studies, through a series of interviews, the use of Lived Religion and cultural practices by migrant Thai women in Belgium as they seek to cope with the intimate partner violence they have suffered. The research looks at which strategies help the women to cope and which empower them to resist and leave their abusive context. READ MORE

  3. 2. I am who I am : How Second and 1.5-generation Migrants of Peruvian Origin Living in Turin Identify Themselves

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Cecilia Marchioni; [2022]
    Keywords : Second-generation migrants; 1.5-generation migrants; identity; citizenship; multi-identity;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how second and 1.5-generation migrants of Peruvian origin living in Turin identify themselves. The results show that second and 1.5-generation migrants have complex and multi-identities. READ MORE

  4. 3. “The right thing to do” : COVID-19 emergency work as a migration experience for the international health care students of Hungary

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Ágnes Adél Phillips; [2021]
    Keywords : student mobility; migration experiences; emotions; qualitative migration studies; health care migration;

    Abstract : The case study of this thesis is the analysis of international health care students joined the emergency call of local authorities and performed emergency work during COVID-19 to help the Hungarian health care teams and facilities manage the pandemic. Through this case, the thesis puts an existing student interaction typology (Rose-Redwood and Rose-Redwood, 2013) to the test, and sets out to answer how the COVID-19-induced changes in their typology affected the students’ experience of being a migrant in Hungary. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sacred Resistance : Exploring the Roles of Religious Organizations in the Refugee Movement “Lampedusa in Hamburg” 2013-2014

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Vera Ericson von Bahr; [2020]
    Keywords : Lampedusa in Hamburg; St. Pauli; Religion and migration; secularization; religious organizations; securitization of migration; sacred squatting;

    Abstract : This study explores the roles of religious organizations in the refugee movement “Lampedusa in Hamburg”, in Hamburg, Germany during 2013 and 2014. “Lampedusa in Hamburg” consisted of approximately 300 refugees who had come from Libya, and decided to fight for their right to stay in Germany. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Can you help me top-up my mobile data?"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Kadesiree Thossaphonpaisan; [2019-08-08]
    Keywords : migrant domestic workers; virtual mobility; Facebook; gendered mobility; ICTs;

    Abstract : In the globalised world, it is evident that mobile phones have the potential to empower migrant workers by making them feel more connected and providing access to information and services. Additionally, connecting to the Internet means not only social connection but also collective actions. READ MORE