Essays about: "feminization of migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words feminization of migration.

1. 1. Gender, migration, and work: Portuguese women in Luxembourg

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Joy Hellers; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Female migrants have long been neglected in migration studies and this paper therefore reconditions the intra-European migration of young women between the 1980s and 1990s by using the case study of Portuguese women in Luxembourg. While today’s discussion around the feminization of migration increasingly considers gender as a hidden cause of migration, earlier studies on female migration neglect this aspect. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond Climate Victims and Climate Saviours : Shifting the Debate on Migration-As-Adaptation Narratives

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

   Author : Kenna Lorraine Sim; [2021]
   Keywords : climate migration; climate refugees; climate change adaptation; resilience; gender mainstreaming; migration management; decoloniality; sustainable development;

   Abstract : The nexus between migration and climate change is a topic that has received growing attention in both policymaking and mainstream media. While it has long been acknowledged that gender shapes the migratory process and the impacts of climate change are gendered, most discussions concerning migration and climate change have failed to incorporate a gender perspective into their analysis. READ MORE

4. 3. “We do not like to stay in the villages just cutting grass and looking after the livestock” : patterns of change in the rural Ramechhap district of Nepal

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

   Author : Rebecca Hymnelius; [2019]
   Keywords : changes; empowerment; feminization of agriculture; lifeworld; migration; Nepal; remittance; rural households; women;

   Abstract : This thesis is about continuity and change in rural Nepal with the purpose of understanding what changes migration has brought about in rural villages in the Ramechhap district. Migration is not a new phenomenon in Nepal, which has a long history of both domestic and foreign migration. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. “The Filipina is a fighter, a fighter for her rights, a fighter for her freedom to work and freedom to express herself” : An anthropological study about the feminization of migration in the Philippines

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

   Author : Beatrice Maurin; [2014]
   Keywords : Female migration; The Philippines; Gender roles; Mother; Wife; Daughter; Gender obligations.;

   Abstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor Field Study with the purpose to examine the transnational labour migration by women in the Philippines who seek temporary employment abroad but plan to return to the Philippines after their contracts expired. The thesis is based on three months of anthropological fieldwork primarily in Manila between January and March 2013, using interviews and observations as my main methodological tool. READ MORE