Essays about: "migrant workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 107 essays containing the words migrant workers.

  1. 1. The Effect of Mobile Financial Service on Migrant Worker’s Money Transfer Behavior in Bangladesh

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Moshfika Haque; Julius Businge; [2023-06-01]
    Keywords : Money Transfer; MFS; Migrant Workers;

    Abstract : Mobile financial service (MFS) works as a vital money transfer instrument for migrant workers in developing countries like Bangladesh, where the poor migrant workers had no access to financial institutions like banks before 2010. Before introducing MFS, migrant workers used to transfer money through friends/relatives, travel agents, agents/brokers, couriers, postal service etc. READ MORE

  3. 2. Divergent Paths : Identity Construction in the Yugoslav National Association in Sweden Between 1970–1991

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Aida Johnsson Habibija; [2023]
    Keywords : identity; immigrant associations; migration; ethnic and national identity;

    Abstract : In this study, identity construction among Yugoslavs in Sweden is explored through Jugoslaviska riksförbundet i Sverige (Yugoslav National Association in Sweden, JRF). The activities and structure of the JRF are understood through the lens of strategies and perception, grounded in the theoretical frameworks of social identity theory and integration from the migrant perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Human Rights Violations in the Name of Football : A Qualitative Content Analysis on the Human Rights Violations against Migrant Workers during the preparation and delivery of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Moa Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Migrant workers; Football; World Cup; Human Rights; FIFA; Qatar; Forced Labor;

    Abstract : The 2022 FIFA World Cup for men's football has received massive criticism since it was announced in December 2010 that Qatar would host it. With a significant history of human rights violations, many were shocked that Qatar was elected. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Female household worker's own perceptions of remittances as a sustainable livelihood : A case study of migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emma-stina Carlert Blomqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable livelihoods; Remittances; Female Household workers; Perceptions; Saudi Arabia;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the perceptions of female migrant household workers situated in Saudi Arabia and how remittances can be a sustainable livelihood for them and their households. There has been limited research surrounding female household workers' own perceptions of sustainable livelihoods and particularly of those situated in Saudi Arabia. READ MORE