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Gender and Migration

01/01/1998

1 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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The articles in this collection explore the vast array of different reasons for women and men moving within and outside their native countries, whether it be for employment, upon marriage, or in the midst of conflict. The authors stress the importance of seeing an individual migrant in her or his context as a member of […]

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Indigenous NGOs and refugee assistance

01/02/1996

13 pages long

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Although well placed to render assistance to refugees, indigenous NGOs usually play only a marginal role, compared with the Northern NGOs which dominate most humanitarian aid programmes. The unbalanced power relations between Northern agencies and donors and Southern NGOs in the delivery of refugee assistance are reviewed. Using data from the assistance programmes for Mozambican […]

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Gender and rural-urban migration in China

01/02/1996

7 pages long

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Gender and rural-urban migration in China

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Migration by both men and women in search of better economic opportunities is currently taking place on a massive scale in China. Young women who return to live in their home villages after several years of earning high wages in urban areas may face particular problems of adjustment. This article considers the effect this ‘circular […]

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

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Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

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The United Nations speak out on forced evictions

01/02/1995

6 pages long

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In the most recent issue of Development in Practice (4/3), the question of population movement was considered from various angles by our contributors. Here, Miloon Kothari expands on the theme of involuntary displacement and development.

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The ethics of immigration controls: Issues for development NGOs

01/11/1994

11 pages long

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It can be argued that immigration restrictions constitute a form of ‘global apartheid’, ensuring that poorer sections of world society are prevented, by legal and physical force, from sharing in the world’s sum of riches. This article seeks to develop this theme, by arguing that immigration controls are based on dubious ethical and practical foundations, […]

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Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

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Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

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Testimonies from Zaire

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150fl00 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

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Refugees and migration: Rewriting the definitions

01/05/1993

5 pages long

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The author reports on a conference held in London, England in November 1992 as part of Global Partnership ’92 which considered the alarming increase in forced migration. Participants argued that immigration controls do not tackle the causes of migration, and international law is inadequate, failing to satisfactorily distinguish between immigration and asylum issues. The particular […]

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The Caribbean: Making our own choices

01/01/1990

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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Throughout the Caribbean, communities of people are working together to create a few more choices and gain a little more control over their lives. ” This report is about those communities and the projects they have created and run. ‘ It has been written to help them tell their own stories and in the hope […]

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