Essays about: "women s migration"

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1. 1. Keeping Up with the Transition: Sex for Compensation and Women with Asylum and Transgender Experiences in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Ines Anttila; [2023]
   Keywords : sex for compensation; transgender; asylum; gender affirmation; waiting; strategy; tactic.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the practice of sex for compensation performed by women with transgender and asylum experiences living in Sweden. It aims to explore the complexities of sex for compensation by positioning this practice as both strategy and a tactic for obtaining income used for gender affirmation, considering that gender-affirmative healthcare is not available for asylum seekers in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. From Policy to Practice : Addressing the Challenges of Women Refugees in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

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

   Author : Johan Diez; [2023]
   Keywords : Peace and Conflict Studies; Refugee Policy; UNHCR; UN Women; Peace; and Security Agenda; Bidibidi Refugee Settlement; Yumbe District; Uganda Refugee Policy; Local Action Plan; National Action Plan; Ethnography; Applied Social Sciences; Case Study; Constructivism; Document Analysis; Thematic Analysis; Interviews; Women in Development; Women and Development; Gender and Development; Women in Forced Migration; Decentralization; Negative Peace; Positive Peace; Situational Peace; Cultural Violence; Structural Violence; Direct Violence; Positive Peacebuilding; Feminist Peace Theory;

   Abstract : This applied social sciences case study examines the efficiency of the ‘Yumbe Local Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security’ in addressing the perceived and experienced adversities of women refugees in the Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda. This is done by collecting data from the Bidibidi settlement through interviews and discussions with the refugee and host population, as well as with relevant organizations and governmental actors. READ MORE

4. 3. Aunque les cueste la vida/ Even if it will cost them their life : A study of irregular migration between Guatemala and the United States of America and the effects it has on the Maya communities

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Paulina Åström; Esther Elgaard; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Irregular Migration; Maya Community; USAID; Corruption; IOM; NGO; Return migration;

   Abstract : Today, many Guatemalans flee the country and leave their home communities behind due to poor living conditions and high unemployment. Irregular migration involves many risks yet is for many seen as a necessity to live a purposeful life. READ MORE

5. 4. Intermarriage Pattern Among Swedish Immigrants In the US in 1900 and 1910

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Schalling; [2023]
   Keywords : Intermarriage; Immigration; Age of Mass Migration; US Census; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Intermarriage patterns are often referred to as a step in the social assimilation. However, previous research on is ambiguous in its result concerning differences in intermarriage pattern between genders. According to the theory intermarriage patterns are both influences by preferences and opportunities. READ MORE

6. 5. Silent Exodus : A study on Gender-Based Violence and Migration Decision-Making of Women from Honduras in the USA

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

   Author : Andrea Nicolle Alemán Martínez; [2023]
   Keywords : GBV; decision-making; aspirations; capabilities; mobility;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the role of GBV in the decision-making process of Honduran women that migrate to the U.S. Drawing upon de Haas’s aspirations-capabilities framework, this study aims to understand women’s aspirations to migrate and their interplay within a broader societal context. READ MORE