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Showing 1 to 20 of 1027 for “"Migrant"”.
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Migrant Image
La propagación de celulares dotados con cámaras digitales ha significado un cambio radical en el modo en que se viven los movimientos sociales. Las cámaras ya no solo registran, sino que también participan y transforman la experiencia. Las imágenes resultantes quedan al alcance de todos en los …
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Sexual Dimorphism and Socioeconomic Status: Comparison between Migrant and Non-migrant Populations
… expression of sexual dimorphism exist between a migrant and non-migrant sample from Mexico. The sexual dimorphism index (SDI) was calculated for 26 postcranial measurements in a migrant group of United States–Mexico border crossing fatalities from Tucson, Arizona (n=119), non-migrant groups from …
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Non English speaking background migrant Muslim women and migrant English language provision
… the decision by non-English speaking background migrant Muslim women to access or not access their eligibility for English language tuition, as set out by current policies governing the eligibility of migrants to participate in Adult Migrant Education programs. As such, the study is of particular …
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Exploring the Interpretation and Implementation of Migrant Programs: A Migrant Director’s Perspective
… challenge persists: the academic attainment of migrant children. Each year, an estimated 850,000 young migrants accompany their families, constituting a crucial workforce responsible for 75% of our nation's agricultural output. Despite their indispensable role, migrant students confront profound …
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The role of school migrant composition in migrant students' school-related well-being
… issues related to educational opportunities for migrant children. In an effort to provide equal schooling opportunities for migrant students, since 2001, the Chinese central government has implemented a series of policies to integrate migrant students into public schools. However, local …
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CONTAINER CIRCUIT HOUSING FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
… project to provide onsite housing for transient migrant worker, surplus shipping containers are chosen to be repurposed to be fitted in a linear manner as a site hording creating a buffer on the envelope of the construction as well as providing protection from the public and using minimal useable …
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Portable housing for Mexican migrant workers
A capable migrant labor force is critical in sustaining the United States' agriculture industry. Yet, migrant farm workers are among the most economically disadvantaged people in the United States (NCFH). The housing available to migrant workers in the United States is typically substandard and …
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Migrant labour in contemporary South Africa
… Thereafter, the post-migration earnings of migrants are estimated while accounting for selection. The young, educated and the relatively better-off in migrant communities are more likely to migrate and individuals are found to migrate out of communities with high levels of relative …
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Governing the conduct of migrant agricultural workers
… analysis of the forms of governance surrounding migrant workers has incorporated an examination of the implications and effects of such associations through the theoretical framework of global governmentality. Through an assessment of Jamaican labourers through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers …
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Evaluation of Heat Stress in Migrant Farmworkers
… industries. Heat stress was investigated in migrant tomato workers in July, 2012, using measurements of body temperature, heart rates, body weight loss, evaluation of the thermal environment, and survey data. Using occupational safety criteria, these workers were found to work in an …
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Health equities: social determinants of migrant health
… (WHO, 2006). “This definition applies equally to migrants as health is a basic human right and an essential component of sustainable development. Health is a fundamental precondition for migrants to contribute to the social and economic development of their communities of origin and destination” …
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The Economic Impacts of Migrant Maids in Malaysia
Demand for migrant maids by households in Malaysia has increased rapidly as more married women choose to participate in the workforce. Simple comparisons of households with maids and those without suggest that hiring maids raises female labour force participation rates of their employers by 26 …
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Counter-discursive strategies in first-world migrant writing
… fictional and autobiographical narratives by migrants who write in a language other than their mother tongue and/or grew up in a bilingual environment. While not all literature by ethnic minority writers is necessarily concerned with the experience of growing up in or living between cultures, …
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Ghanaian diasporic migrant students: challenges, culture and capitals
… lived experiences of nine Ghanaian, diasporic, migrant children in Key Stages 3-5 in a London secondary academy. These children migrated from Ghana and from within the European Union to the UK. The focus is on the extent to which the learning of these children is affected by their transition, …
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Equality and Cultural Capital for Migrant Farm Workers
… approach, this research investigates Scotland’s migrant farm workers’ experiences not only in employment but also around their social and cultural transitions. The study shows how those experiences resonate with keys themes and concepts in contemporary migration literature that greatly contribute …
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Dancing the feminine : performances by indonesian migrant women
… practicing and performing dances with Indonesian migrant women dancers in Perth, Western Australia and socializing with the women and the communities they belong to. The fieldwork was conducted in 2007 with subsequent annual return trips until 2011, as well as through continued engagement by other …
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Policy and Practice in Franco-Jewish Migrant Aid
… investigates the determinants of the co-ethnic migrant aid policies and practices of Jewish organisations in France between 1881 and 1975. Drawing on primary and secondary historical sources, the thesis is structured around three historical case studies of organised Jewish aid mobilisation. The …
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Migrant Capitalism: Emigration, Remittances, and Urbanization in Punjab
… and geography by introducing the concept of “migrant capitalism”—construed in three distinct yet related typologies. In the first instance, it refers to the super-exploitation of immigrant workers, in labor and accumulation regimes where severe wage compression is the only way to protect …
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Migrant sarifa settlements and state-Building in Iraq
… (reed) and kukh (mud) dwellings built by rural migrants in Baghdad. Rural migrants served as the paradigmatic developmental subjects of the Iraqi state, providing a supply of devalued labor for the army, civil service, construction industry, domestic services, manufacturing, police, and …
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Investment of migrant remittances : some evidence from anthropology
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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