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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Female migrants"”.
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Labour force participation among African female migrants in South Africa: the case of Gauteng province
The African female migration theme has several dynamic components and characteristics that have not been fully explored. In the South African context, the influence of the labour force participation among African female migrants in Gauteng province, is one such case. African female migrants …
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Female migration and housing in South Africa: evidence from the 2007 community survey
… world, growing evidence suggests an increase of female migrants in migration streams. In the context of South Africa, women are not exempted from migration mechanisms. This new migration phenomenon is observed to influence housing accessibility among female migrants in the areas of destinations …
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Barriers to gender-based violence care: a qualitative study of migrant and refugee women
South Africa has long served as a destination for migrants from sub-Saharan African nations, with a growing proportion of this population being women in recent years. Female migrants experience an increased risk for gender-based violence (GBV) during the migratory journey and upon resettlement. …
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Age-at-Formation and Duration of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia and Accentuated (Pathological) Striae in Ancient, Modern, and Forensic Populations as an Indicator of Differential Developmental Stress
… of pre-Hispanic Maya individuals from Belize, migrants who died crossing the Texas-Mexico border, and modern American individuals from the Texas State Donated Skeletal Collection (TXSTDSC). LEH and AS, as representative of stress events, were measured using a scanning electron microscope and …
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Essays on the effects of rural-urban migration on migrants' behaviour in china : marriage, fertility, and cigarette smoking
… examines the effects of rural-urban migration on migrants' marriage, fertility and smoking behaviour. This research attempts to fill these gaps. The data used are from the Chinese Rural Household sample of Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. Chapter 2 analyses the effect …
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Essays on the effects of rural-urban migration on migrants' behaviour in china : marriage, fertility, and cigarette smoking
… examines the effects of rural-urban migration on migrants' marriage, fertility and smoking behaviour. This research attempts to fill these gaps. The data used are from the Chinese Rural Household sample of Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. Chapter 2 analyses the effect …
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An investigation into how Algerian women living in the United Kingdom, negotiate social activities and cultural practices within virtual Third Spaces
… Third Spaces developed by a group of Algerian female migrants, who migrated to the United Kingdom. The research captures the online activities and cultural practices of this group of women in the context of migration. The research participants are 12 Algerian women from the first generation of …
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Migration and Community Formation: Narratives of Three Generations of Women Living in A Greek Cypriot Diaspora Community.
… recognising the need to study the experiences of female migrants. Cypriot migrants’ experiences, like those of women, have also been relatively neglected, with studies on migrant groups focusing upon more visible, larger groups for example, migrants from the West Indies, Africa and South Asia. …
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Gender, migration decision-making and social changes in Roi-et Province, Northeastern Thailand
… strategies in different ways between male and female migrants during the current economic crisis in Thailand.With respect to the first theme, household relations, gender relations, and other external factors are examined in the specific context of migration decision- making, which are …
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Running Ahead - Understanding the possibilities and Challenges of Belonging and Identity through the Nimble-Footed Joburg Runner in Times of Precarity
… CBD and shares stories of Zimbabwean migrants residing within the metropolis. These stories were collated through the Joburg runners (who consist of female migrants who take it upon themselves to shop, pack, and source transport for their client's consumables). Additional respondents …
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Internal Migration, Networks and Gender Roles among Domestic Workers in Vietnam
… among domestic workers who are rural-to-urban female migrants in Vietnam. Using qualitative data collected from 10 in-depth interviews and one focus group with 17 domestic workers and one interview with a NGO staff member, I argue that networks and gender are closely linked as migrant women …
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Between generations: the construction of mother-daughter relationships in the work of black women playwrights in Britain
… and cultural life of Britain. The presence of immigrants from Britain's former colonies and the subsequent arrival of economic migrants and asylum seekers have triggered discussion of many issues, not least those surrounding difference, assimilation, diversity and identity (Gilroy 1993). It is …
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Latinas Talk Back: The Latina Body, Citizenship, and Popular Culture
… Lopez, and ordinary bodies, such as undocumented female migrants. Given the historical under-representation of Latinas in mainstream U.S. media and Latinas' limited access to self-representation, these texts mark a shift in contemporary popular culture. This dissertation underscores this shift by …
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Estimation of Zimbabwean migration for the period 1992-2012
… seeks to estimate the net number of Zimbabwean migrants for the period 1992 to 2012, by using census data from Zimbabwe and census data from the major receiving countries of Zimbabwean migrants (South Africa and the UK) and data from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (United Nations …
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Seeking a Safe Space: Violence, Bureaucracy, and Citizenship in the Lives of Migrants in the United States
… demonstrated by both Safe Space staff and female migrants, the immigration programs and policies designed to support these women do not entirely change their experience of poverty, inequality, and violence. I have structured the body of this dissertation as three stand-alone journal …
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Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model?
… existence of networks, and profiles of Algerian migrants, among others. In this qualitative research, two purposefully-selected samples of Algerian male and female migrants in London and Valencia were interviewed, as well as some key informants from several organisations, in addition to …
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Exploring the livelihood strategies of unemployed black female migrant youth living in Cape Town, South Africa
… the livelihood strategies of unemployed black female migrant youth living in Cape Town, South Africa. The study interviewed twenty unemployed black female migrant youth between the ages of 25 and 34 to understand their experiences and perceptions of a) factors or conditions that forced them to …
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Impacts of rural-urban migration on family relationships and gender relations in mother-migrant and father-left-behind families in Vietnam
… in 1986 there has been an increasing demand for female labour in urban Vietnam. In response to that demand many rural women, including already married women with children, have left their families behind to engage in labour migration. They constitute an important segment of the labour force, but …
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Impacts of rural-urban migration on family relationships and gender relations in mother-migrant and father-left-behind families in Vietnam
… in 1986 there has been an increasing demand for female labour in urban Vietnam. In response to that demand many rural women, including already married women with children, have left their families behind to engage in labour migration. They constitute an important segment of the labour force, but …
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