Asian Feminisation of Labour Migration Why women migrate and with what consequences?

Asia has experienced a substantial increase in independent female migrants seeking economic opportunities. This feminisation of labour migration emerged as a result of the global economic restructuring. Through theories and case studies, the economic, social, psychological and political dimensions of women migration will be investigated.

In der Übersicht

This course aims to provide students informed perspectives on multiple dimensions of feminisation of labour migration in Asia. It focuses on gender, family and social networks to understanding the migration process (decision-making and adaptation strategies), as well as economic, social and psychological impacts of women migration on the individual and household level. Relevant policy issues related to human development will be discussed.

Facts

Semester

Frühlingssemester 2020

Unterrichtssprache
  • Englisch
Zeitmodell

Block week
Date: 10.02.2020 - 14.02.2020
Time: 09:15 - 15:00
Also time after the class for individual and group work

ECTS/Anerkennung

3 ECTS

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Leistungsnachweis

During the block week: 

  1. Actively participation into discussion 
  2. Group presentation on a topic assigned  
    After the block week: 
  3. Each group of 3-4 students will have to write an essay on debates surrounding feminisation of labour migration  
 
Modulleitung
Dozent/in
Eingangskompetenzen

Proven English knowledge

Zielkompetenzen

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Develop critical thinking on feminisation of labour migration in the global south
  • Apply a gender lens and the framework of the new economics of labour migration to understand migration processes and consequences
  • Demonstrate the diversity in labour migration
Lehr- und Lernmethoden

Lectures, seminars, case studies, group exercises and presentations

Lehrmittel
  • Bakewell O. (2010). Some reflections on structure and agency in migration theory. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(10):1689–1708.
  • Elmhirst R. (2007). Tigers and Gangsters: Masculinities and Feminised Migration in Indonesia. Population, Space and Place 13(2):225–238.
  • Vu Thi Thao (2015). Chapter 5 - When the Pillar of the Home Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-home Fathers in Vietnam, in Inhorn M. C., Chavkin W., and Navarro J. A. Globalized Fatherhood, Oxford: Berghahn books, pp. 129 – 151
  • Yamanaka K, & Piper N. (2005). Feminized migration in East and Southeast Asia: Policies, Actions and Empowerment. Occasional Paper 11.
Durchführungsort

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