Transnational Care for Left-Behind Family with Particular Reference to Nepalese Marriage Migrant Women in Korea

This article examines different forms of Ukrainian migrant women’s social remittances, articulating some results of two ethnographic studies: one focused on the migration of Ukrainian women to Italy, and the other on the social impact of emigration in Ukraine. First, the paper illustrates the patterns of monetary remittance management, which will be defined as a specific form of social remittance, since they are practices shaped by systems of norms challenged by migration. In the second part, the article moves on to discuss other types of social remittances transferred by migrant women to their families left behind: the right of self-care and self-realisation; the recognition of alternative and more women-friendly life-course patterns; consumption styles and ideas on economic education. Therefore, I will explore the contents of social remittances, but also the gender and intergenerational conflicts that characterise these flows of cultural resources.

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‘Hij ziet mij als bezit en denkt dat hij kan doen wat hij wil.’ Afhankelijk verblijf en partnergeweld

Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies ◽

10.5117/tvgn2021.2.006.bart ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 161-178

Author(s):

Edien Bartels

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Legal Regulations ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Integration Process ◽

Left Behind ◽

The One

Abstract Marriage migrant women are vulnerable to forms of partner violence, particularly in the first five years after migration to the Netherlands because of their dependence on their partner for residence rights. This article, based on qualitative research amongst Moroccan marriage migrant women in the Netherlands and women who have been left behind in Morocco, examines their position and analyses how legal regulations and residence dependency on the one hand, and the integration process on the other hand, play a role in cases of intimate partner violence. This qualitative research cannot offer figures about intimate partner violence and is not representative for couples with migrant origin in general, nor for migrants from Moroccan origin. The aim is to examine the relation between dependence residence rights and intimate partner violence.

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Migrant women and SDGs: Access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan

Impact ◽

10.21820/23987073.2020.7.62 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (7) ◽

pp. 62-63

Author(s):

Masako Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Global Studies ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Left Behind ◽

Development Goals

Masako Tanaka is a researcher based within the Faculty of Global Studies at Sophia University in Japan. Her work is focused on ensuring that women are given access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan. Importantly, part of her studies are focused on migrants and including them in these considerations in a bid to uphold one of the most important aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals: that no one is left behind.

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The social and economic impact of international female migration on left-behind parents in East Java, Indonesia

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ◽

10.1177/0117196818815512 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 97-114

Author(s):

M. Faishal Aminuddin ◽

Saseendran Pallikadavath ◽

Amie Kamanda ◽

Keppi Sukesi ◽

Henny Rosalinda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Migrant Women ◽

Left Behind ◽

Female Migration ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The Stability ◽

Status Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Depth Interviews

The objective of this article is to examine the impact of international female labor migration on left-behind parents by taking into consideration the daughters' marital status. Data were taken from in-depth interviews with 37 left-behind parents of migrant women in East Java Province. The study showed that left-behind parents had limited access to the remittances sent by married daughters, except when they carried out childcare responsibilities. Parents of unmarried daughters had some access to remittances, but this varied according to the economic conditions of the family. Left-behind parents were concerned about the safety of their daughters overseas, the marriage prospects of unmarried daughters, the stability of their daughters' marriages and the welfare of left-behind grandchildren. Because the migration of married and unmarried daughters has diverse impacts on left-behind parents, this should be considered in programs that aim to mitigate potential negative impacts of women's migration.

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Migrant women and SDGs: Access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan

Impact ◽

10.21820/23987073.2020.9.38 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (9) ◽

pp. 38-39

Author(s):

Masako Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Global Studies ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Left Behind ◽

Development Goals

Masako Tanaka is a researcher based within the Faculty of Global Studies at Sophia University in Japan. Her work is focused on ensuring that women are given access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan. Importantly, part of her studies are focused on migrants and including them in these considerations in a bid to uphold one of the most important aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals: that no one is left behind.

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The Idea of Home in a World of Circulation: Steam, Women and Migration through Bhojpuri Folksongs

International Review of Social History ◽

10.1017/s0020859018000184 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 203-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nitin Sinha

Keyword(s):

Small Towns ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Indian History ◽

Left Behind ◽

Social Events ◽

Home Construction ◽

Urban Elite ◽

Natal Home ◽

And Migration ◽

Asian Migration

AbstractThe historical juncture of the 1840s to 1860s witnessed three developments: first, the introduction of the new means of communication (steamships and railways); second, new industrial and plantation investments in and outside of India, creating demand for labour; and third, the expansion of a print culture that went beyond the urban elite domain to reflect the world of small towns and villages. In this constellation of social, economic, and technological changes, this article looks at the idea of home, construction of womanhood and the interlaced lifecycles of migrant men and non-migrant women in a period of Indian history marked by “circulation”. Moving away from the predominant focus on migrant men, the article attempts to recreate the social world of non-migrant women left behind in the villages of northern and eastern India. While engaging with the framework of circulation, the article calls for it to be redesigned to allow histories of mobility and immobility, male and female and villages and cities to appear in the same analytical field. Although migration has been reasonably well explored, the issue of marriage is inadequately addressed in South Asian migration studies. “Separated conjugality” is one aspect of this, and the displacement of young girls from their natal home to in-laws’ is another. Through the use of Bhojpuri folksongs, the article brings together migration and marriage as two important social events to understand the different but interlaced lifecycles of gendered (im)mobilities.

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Sexual abuses of left-behind children of migrant women: community-perceived vulnerabilities and barriers in prevention

International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care ◽

10.1108/ijmhsc-02-2014-0007 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 225-238

Author(s):

Chamara Senaratna

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Child Protection ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Community Based Interventions ◽

Content Type ◽

Left Behind ◽

Barriers And Opportunities

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe hitherto unexplored issues related to sexual abuse of left-behind children of migrant women in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study was conducted in high labour-sending districts. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with school teachers, community youth groups and members of civil organisations, and semi-structured interviews (SSIs) were conducted with community leaders, religious leaders, social workers, and primary healthcare workers. Data were analysed using content analysis, and emerging themes were mapped. Findings – Community members reported that sexual abuses of migrant women’s children, although not uncommon, are scarcely notified due to societal and institutional factors. They have a high awareness on types of sexual abuses faced by migrants’ children, extent of such abuses, and physical, emotional, and social complications of such abuses. They also reported factors that increase these children’s vulnerability to abuse. Role perceived to be played by state and non-state social institutions and authorised personnel in protecting children is inadequate, leading to low reporting and community cooperation. Practical implications – High community awareness found provides a good platform to launch culturally sensitive child protection interventions. Social implications – Findings of barriers and opportunities indicate that effective policy instruments and cogent and functional programmes interlinking all stakeholder-institutions are required to protect migrant women’s children. Originality/value – This study provided first in-depth exploration of issues related to sexual abuses of migrant women’s children in Sri Lanka and possible opportunities for community-based interventions.

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