scholarly journals Migrant Girls in Shenzhen: Gender, Education and the Urbanization of Aspiration

2015 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 320-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Goodburn
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Parental Concerns ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper examines the impact of rural–urban migration on primary school-age migrant girls in China, providing important data on this unexplored group as well as drawing several larger conclusions about the evolving relationship between migration and women's autonomy. Much recent literature has focused on Chinese young unmarried women migrants. However, there has been no attempt to distinguish the effect of migration on children by gender, and little research on the “new generation” of married women migrants. This paper focuses on two aspects of migrant girls' well-being, education and migration satisfaction, and compares girls' assessments with those of their parents, particularly their mothers. It analyses differences between the views of both girls and parents, arguing that specific parental concerns about daughters shape girls' futures in ways that do not apply to migrant boys. A further, broader, implication of this analysis is that certain benefits of migration, previously thought to apply exclusively to single women, extend also to married women, influencing mothers when forming goals for their daughters' futures.

scholarly journals SEPARATED KIN: RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAJECTORIES OF OLDER ADULTS LEFT BEHIND IN RURAL CHINA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S880-S880
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As the processes of urbanization and globalization have intensified across the world, a burgeoning literature has documented the impact of emigration on the health of family members left behind in emigrant communities. Although the association between children’s migration and parental well-being is well documented, few have examined the health implications of children’s migration in the milieu of multiple children and further differentiated between children’s short-term and long-term migration. Therefore, I argue that it is not the geographic locality of a single child but the composition of all children’s location that matters. I further suggest that the impact of children’s migration on parental wellbeing is conditioned on the duration of children’s migration. Using a six waves longitudinal data (2001-2015) collected in rural China, this paper compares mental health (measured as depressive symptoms) trajectories of old adults (aged 60 and older) across different compositions of local and migrant children over a 14-year span. Results from growth curve models show that parents having more migrant children relative to local children experience a more rapid increase in depressive symptoms. In addition, older adults who have their most children migrate away for three or more waves of data have experienced the steepest rate of increase in depressive symptoms. These findings provide new evidence to support the life course processes of mental health disparities among older adults from the perspective of intergenerational proximity.

scholarly journals Gender and Migration in Greece: The Position and Status of Albanian Women in Patras

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (77) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitra Charalampopoulu
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

Greece has experienced major changes in its migration patterns.After a century or so of emigration, it has now become a country of immigration. Much academic research has concentrated on the impact this change has on Greek society. However, there is a tendency to ignore the role that gender plays in the migration process. This article addresses the issue of Albanian immigration to Greece, focusing on the aspect of gender. It presents the living and working conditions of Albanian women who migrate to Greece, especially to one of its cities, Patras. It examines the new migration process through the eyes of women migrants. It is centred on their narration about their journey to Greece, their decision to migrate, the problems that they face, their experiences and plans for the future: in short, their life stories. Finally, the article draws attention to the need for further research on issues concerning migrant women in Greece.

THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON WOMEN'S PREFERENCES FOR GENDER EQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM SIERRA LEONE

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Cannonier ◽  
Naci Mocan
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Age At First Birth ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
Women’S Preferences ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
The Impact

Abstract:We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by date of birth and the variation in resources between various districts of the country. We find that an increase in schooling, triggered by the program, has an impact on women's attitudes toward matters that impact women's health and on attitudes regarding violence against women. An increase in education reduces the number of desired children by women and increases their propensity to use modern contraception and to be tested for AIDS. While education makes women more intolerant of practices that conflict with their well-being, increased education has no impact on men's attitudes toward women's well-being. Thus, it is unclear whether the change in attitudes would translate into behavioral changes. Consistent with this finding, education (on this margin) has no impact on women's propensity to get married, their age at first marriage or age at first birth.

Portuguese working group advocacy for intergenerational policies: challenges and results

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Gonçalves ◽  
Alan Hattton-Yeo ◽  
Carla Branco
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Advocacy Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Meetings ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the benefits and challenges of the advocacy group for intergenerational policies that was created in Portugal in 2012, the European Year of Active Ageing and solidarity between generations. Design/methodology/approach – The group conducted nine closed group meetings scheduled every three months with an average attendance of five members and six public events bringing together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and civil society. Findings – The group was established as a response to the various social changes happening in Portugal as a consequence of the ageing population, low-birth rate and migration, leading to the need to explore new responses which are based both on the need to promote active ageing and intergenerational solidarity and also the importance of family and state support to multigenerational families as a building block to strengthen communities. Research limitations/implications – The paper sets the context of the changing social situation in Portugal, describes the process used through both closed and public meetings to discuss this and then describes the perspectives of four core groups. Practical implications – Only by pooling resources and thinking intergenerationally will we be able to deliver the opportunities and support that the citizens will need to enable them to age well across the life course. Social implications – Drawing on this and the strong tradition of the family in Portugal it seeks to make the case that an i ntergenerational approach is essential to the countries future social well-being. Originality/value – The creation of the advocacy group created a private space for professionals to explore and strengthen their understanding of the impact of these issues and the potential of approaching policy as an intergenerational issue as one solution.

scholarly journals SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MACEDONIA FROM ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION MOVEMENTS OF THE POPULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Goran Mihajlovski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

Sustainable development, with emphasis on the employment rate of the population and their migration movement is a global concept that faces every country in the world in general, in order to ensure continuous improvement of the quality of life by ensuring sustainable development for both current and future generations.The realization of this goal means creating a stable economy with full and highly qualified employment, quality health care, stable social security, environmental protection, reduced migration movement, in order to provide a peaceful and safe world.Based on that, Europe's determination to participate actively in the global process of sustainable development, highlighted at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Conference, resulted in the adoption of the EU's first strategy for sustainable development (GOR) in Gothenburg, 2001 and revised in 2006 by the European Commission.The main goal of the strategy for socioeconomic sustainable development is to establish a set of measures and activities that will enable continuous improvement of the life of the present and future generations by creating sustainable communities capable of managing and effectively using natural resources.So the key objectives of the European strategy for sustainable socio-economic development relating to environmental protection, social equity and economic prosperity, based on this the main challenges in terms of socio-economic development in terms of the employment rate and the migration movements that are imposed are: Social inclusion, demography and migration - improvement of living conditions as a precondition for lasting individual well-being as well as Global poverty and facing the challenges of sustainable development - poverty reduction, active promotion of sustainable development and ensuring consistency of internal and external policies with global sustainable development and undertaken international obligations.In fact, the aim of this paper is to give a brief conceptual overview of the impact of statistical indicators on the employment rate and migration movements of the population on the socio-economic development of the country.

Parenthood and Psychological Well-Being Among the Formerly Married

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL HUGHES
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

Previous studies have found that children have a negative, albeit fairly weak, impact on the psychological well-being of parents. These studies have generally focused on married respondents and, to a somewhat lesser extent, unmarried women, but have generally ignored unmarried men. For the most part, studies of parenthood and well-being have not considered the issue of adult and/or absent children. Defining parenthood so it includes relations with adult children, absent children, and dependent children in the home, the present study compares the impact of parenthood on the well-being of formerly married men and women to that of married men and women. The findings confirm that nonparents experience better mental health than parents and further indicate that (1) variation in the parental role is more strongly associated with psychological well-being for men than for women, (2) parenthood is most strongly related to well-being among formerly married men, for whom the greatest problems occur with the presence of young children, (3) the negative effect of the absence of children on parents is greater than the effect of the presence of children for married men and formerly married women, and (4) much of the negative effect of being divorced or being widowed has to do with the impact of children on psychological well-being, particularly for men. Theoretical implications are discussed.

Exploring older women's citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOANNE COOK
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Older Migrants ◽  
Black Caribbean ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTResearch on the ways in which having been an international migrant in later life shapes the welfare needs, preferences and expectations of non-native older people in rich countries is in its infancy, for both the ageing and migration fields have been slow to examine the experiences of older migrants. This paper focuses upon the welfare citizenship experiences of older women who migrated in later life to England, either as refugees or as post-retirement migrants. It reports findings from interviews and focus groups conducted with black Caribbean, Irish, Chinese and Somali older women migrants in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK, as part of the Older Women's Lives and Voices Study. The paper explores their experiences of accessing welfare citizenship and the barriers they encountered in accessing mainstream services. In particular, it examines the unequal platform from which older migrants who do not speak English access welfare citizenship rights and services, and assesses the important constraints of discrimination and language differences. Despite the obstacles, the older women participants were actively pursuing their inclusion in welfare rights and services. The paper argues for more recognition of the important enabling role that informal systems of support provided by participation in community or cultural organisations plays in the welfare citizenship and agency of minority ethnic older women.

scholarly journals Interdependence between international migration and evolution of development gaps

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Angelica Băcescu-Cărbunaru
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Development Factor ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Migration plays an important role in almost all objectives of sustainable development. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, many authors debated the non-deterministic character of the impact of migration on the development of primarily the countries of origin. Migration as a complex process in globalization has amplified relations between states but there have been very rare reductions in development gaps between them that in turn discourage labour migration. In spite of the increase in well-being based on theory, practice has always revealed an asymmetric development that causes an increase in the differences between emigration and immigration countries. The global strategy for poverty eradication adopted by world leaders in 2000 did not include migration-related targets, probably because the link between migration and development had not yet been properly perceived. Since then, studies, policy analyzes, international forums and migration recommendations have focused on policy-making in practice, including efforts to support migration concerns in the post-2015 development agenda. Various ideas and recommendations were presented during that data on the most appropriate way to use the migration-development link to maximize its positive effects. In 2015 was adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Starting with these documents, the contribution of migration to sustainable development was officially recognized for the first time. From the beginning remittances have played an important role in setting migration as the most important development factor. We sustained that this view, on which allmost all national policies are based, distorts the notion of development and hide the main causes of current labor migration. In this context, this study also attempts to analyze the two-way relation between the factors that determine human development (income, education and health) and international migration. Managing migration is one of the most important issues of global cooperation.

scholarly journals El reconocimiento del Código de la Familia Marroquí en Francia y su impacto sobre las mujeres migrantes marroquíes

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Fernández Castaño ◽  
María Teresa González Santos
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Legal Traditions ◽  
Bilateral Agreement ◽  
Moroccan Family ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Moroccan Women ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Family Code

Resumen: El presente trabajo pretende estudiar las tradiciones jurídicas francesa y marroquí, y su coexistencia en territorio francés, facilitada por la firma del Convenio Bilateral entre Marruecos y Francia. La aplicación de un doble sistema jurídico –francés y marroquí-, a la comunidad marroquí inmigrante en Francia, tiene unas repercusiones, que en el caso de las mujeres, las conduce a diversas situaciones que las relegan a posiciones de subordinación, dependencia y doble violencia. En función de todo ello, dos son los objetivos de este trabajo: el primero, se dirige a estudiar las tradiciones jurídicas en las que se basan los sistemas de derecho francés y marroquí, así como su funcionamiento conjunto; el segundo, es analizar el impacto que el reconocimiento del Código de la Familia Marroquí ejerce sobre mujeres marroquíes migrantes en Francia. La metodología está basada en una revisión bibliográfica que comprende una serie de textos especializados sobre el funcionamiento de los sistemas jurídicos desde de la perspectiva de la sociología del derecho (Carbonnier, 1994; Fariñas, 1991 y 1996; Soriano, 1997; Weber, 2005;). En referencia al impacto del reconocimiento del derecho marroquí en el país de destino, los análisis están fundamentados en bibliografías que se ocupan de los aspectos de género y migración. Abstract: This paper aims to study the French and Moroccan legal traditions, and their coexistence in French territory, facilitated by the signing of the bilateral agreement between Morocco and France. The application of a dual legal system -French and Moroccan-, to a Moroccan immigrant community in France, has an impact, which in the case of women, they lead them to various situations that relegate them to subordinate positions, dependency and double violence. Based on all this, there are two objectives of this work: the first is aimed at studying the legal traditions in which both systems, French and Moroccan law is based, and how they work together; the second, to analyse the impact that recognition of the Moroccan Family Code has on Moroccan women migrants in France. The methodology is based on a literature review that includes a series of texts specialized on the functioning of legal systems from the perspective of the sociology of law (Carbonnier, 1994; Fariñas, 1991 and 1996; Soriano, 1997; Weber, 2005) Referring to the impact of the recognition of Moroccan law in the country of destination, the analyses are based on bibliographies dealing with gender issues and migration.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nursing Workforce: A National Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Garrett Chan ◽  
Jana Bitton ◽  
Richard Allgeyer ◽  
Deborah Elliott ◽  
Laura Hudson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Strategy Model ◽  
And Migration ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant and negative impact on the nursing workforce. Immediate and long-term actions must be taken to mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic. Understanding these effects in various contexts is essential to conduct research, implement innovative interventions, and create supportive policies. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the issues in the framework of six key areas of the HealthImpact Workforce Strategy Model, including K-12 and second-degree students, pre-requisite nursing education, and pre-licensure nursing education; upskilling the existing workforce; retention and well-being; and migration of nurses. We also discuss expanding advanced practice registered nursing scope of practice; crisis standards of care; and the impact of telehealth. Exemplars highlight the issues, and document action and innovation in the domains of workforce strategy, education, research, and policy in these challenging times.

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