http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/57 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:13:05 GMT 2013-05-23T19:13:05Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51156 Title: Localised or localising democracy : gender and the politics of decentralisation in contemporary Uganda Authors: Ahikire, Josephine Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51156 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51154 Title: Social impact of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline : how industrial development affects gender relations, land tenure, and local culture Authors: Endeley, Joyce B. Mbongo; Sikod, Fondo Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51154 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50965 Title: Transnational migration of Vietnamese women in Asia : experiences, rights and citizenship; final technical report Authors: Bélanger, Danièle; Tran Giang Linh; Le Bach Duong Abstract: This is a multi-partner, multi-disciplinary and multi-country project aimed at promoting women migrants’ rights in Asia. The research conducted documents the experiences of Vietnamese migrant women who migrated to Asian destinations and of Bangladeshi women who were migrant workers in the Gulf region. We studied the migration process and the experiences of these two groups of women who migrated as temporary migrant workers, either as domestic workers or factory workers, and women who migrated as foreign spouses. The project used a combination of approaches including the collection of qualitative data (interviews) and of quantitative data (survey). Research was conducted in two sending countries of migrant women, Vietnam and Bangladesh, and in three receiving countries, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. This research documents abuses in receiving countries. It also sheds light on problems with the pre-departure process such as exorbitant migrant costs, the signature of multiple contracts and oppressive conditions during pre-departure training. We also show how the political economy of the destination country plays a key role in migrants’ experiences. Women who worked in South Korea and Taiwan for instance had access to NGOs and government services when facing difficulties while women in the Gulf region had nowhere to turn to. Finally, our study provides strong evidence that migrant women exert significant agency despite difficult conditions. Our migrants’ rights approach leads to two conclusions: (1) there is an urgency of improving policies that will offer better protection to migrant women; (2) the frequent victimization of migrant women by various stakeholders does not do justice to their agency and resourcefulness. The project outputs include four dissemination seminars in Vietnam, 20 conference presentations, seven published journal articles, seven published book chapters, one report, three MA theses and one PhD thesis in progress. In addition, the project generated an additional funding of $386,181.00 from various national and international sources. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50965 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50963 Title: Gender and work in MENA : research capacity building activities; final technical report Authors: Roushdy, Rania Abstract: In the MENA region, gender and work is an important topic that has attracted a great deal of attention in both research and policy circles in recent years. However high-quality research on gender and work in the MENA region has been limited, in large part due to the shortage of well-trained researchers inside the region with a background in relevant literature and research methodologies. The Population Council aimed to address this deficit through the Gender and Work in MENA project, an integrated capacity building program for junior researchers from the MENA region that provided them with training, small research grants, mentorship and opportunities for publication and dissemination of their work. Through this combination of activities, the project achieved its objective of building the capacity of young scholars in MENA to conduct methodologically rigorous research on gender and work, as well as to disseminate this work to academic and policy audiences. Eleven research papers and six policy briefs on gender and work in MENA were published as a result of the research project, considerably expanding the body of peer-reviewed literature on gender and work in the region. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50963 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50870 Title: Assessing justice and global migration : Indonesian women domestic migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates Authors: University of Indonesia. Centre for Women and Gender Studies Abstract: This study is aimed at describing access to justice for Indonesian women domestic migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates. It focuses on four pillars of access to justice: (1) the availability of law which ensures justice, (2) legal knowledge or legal literacy, (3) legal identity, and (4) legal aid or legal consultancy. How the substance of law which ensures protection to working migrants is critically assessed? To what extent is the access of these women domestic migrant workers to legal knowledge, legal identity and legal aid achieved? Restricted or non-existent access to justice for these workers has placed them in a disadvantaged group. There is barely any law specifically made (lex specialist) to protect them. This lack of law is strongly related to how domestic work is constructed socially and culturally. Their existence in migration business supports the livelihoods of many players in the complex chain of business involving family, village brokers, local recruiting agencies, government institutions, recruiting agencies in the destination countries and the global market. This research scrutinizes social embeddedness focuses on women and its power relations with many actors involve in their life and migrant industry. The Arab Land becomes a destination country by their own choice because of the various hopes it presents in connection with religious identity. The Arab Land is perceived as the Land of Hope, the Holy Land. However, these workers have no idea about the social and cultural contexts in Arab Land. In this placement phase of migration, many women stories can be told. For the ones who ran from their employer or agencies to the shelter provided by Indonesian Embassy, this is more or less the picture: they are wanted because they share the same religion, hardworking and obedient, and they do not mind low payment. It can be explained from the perspective of cultural hierarchial exists in destination country. They are considered as the other, sub-altern, given stereotypes and stigma as cheap and left behind simply because they are from different race, ethic group, nationality, class and for sure: women. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50870 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z