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Feminisation of Migration and the Social Dimensions of Development: the Asian case

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  • Nicola Piper

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This paper offers a first attempt at discussing the linkages between migration and development in reference to the feminisation of intra-regional migratory flows in Asia. It begins with a summary of the current debate on the ‘migration and development nexus’ with two objectives in mind: 1) to assess this debate's relevance to intra-regional migration in Asia; and 2) to redirect attention to the social dimension of feminised migrations and its relationship to development. In doing so, the focus is on the individual and family level to discuss the impact of migration on personal development as well as on interpersonal relations. What follows thereafter is a brief summary of the character and context of feminised migration in Asia, by approaching this issue from an intra-regional (that is migratory moves of Asians within Asia) perspective. The final section links the previous discussion to the issue of rights. The article concludes that the conceptual and normative linkages between women's social and economic rights as they relate to migration need further exploration, eg by way of specific case studies or ethnographic research. This is needed for relevant policy reform and implementation.

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  • Nicola Piper, 2008. "Feminisation of Migration and the Social Dimensions of Development: the Asian case," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(7), pages 1287-1303.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:29:y:2008:i:7:p:1287-1303
    DOI: 10.1080/01436590802386427
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    1. Ingrid Nielsen & Sen Sendjaya, 2014. "Wellbeing Among Indonesian Labour Migrants to Malaysia: Implications of the 2011 Memorandum of Understanding," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 117(3), pages 919-938, July.
    2. Joseph Messina & Tanita Suepa & Sieglinde Snapp & Jennifer Olson & A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi & Sarah Murray & Nathan Moore & April Frake & Peilei Fan & Umesh Adhikari, 2017. "Food System Resilience and Sustainability in Cambodia," International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), IGI Global, vol. 8(3), pages 1-23, July.
    3. Tine Van Bortel & Steven Martin & Sabrina Anjara & Laura B Nellums, 2019. "Perceived stressors and coping mechanisms of female migrant domestic workers in Singapore," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-15, March.
    4. Tanja Bastia, 2011. "Migration as Protest? Negotiating Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Urban Bolivia," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 43(7), pages 1514-1529, July.
    5. Kyung-Eun Yang, 2018. "Unequal Chance of Obtaining a Secure Job: Marriage Migrant Women in the Korean Labor Market," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 91-110, February.

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