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Tonan Talk “Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities”
Title: Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities Speaker: Dr.Kyoko Kusakabe, Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology Date: July 25 (Fri.), 12.00-13.30, 2014 Place: Meeting Room (Room No. 107) on the 1st Floor of East Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: This presentation is a case study of Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand, and it argues that even in increasingly unstable circumstances women migrant workers have to continue to balance their reproductive responsibilities as mothers and daughters with their on-going roles as wage workers and economic providers, often managing complex trans-border care arrangements. The paper extends […]
Find out more »2nd Workshop on Interdisciplinary Field Work for Sustainable, Livelihood Studies
Date：18-24 9-10 August, 2014 Venue：Royal University of Agriculture Organization：Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia Program » Record of Activity: 2nd Workshop on Interdisciplinary Field Work for Sustainable, Livelihood Studies Rural livelihoods in Southeast Asia are rapidly changing. While change is an important perspective in all parts of the region, Cambodia provides a good chance to learn from and observe changes at a country level. Furthermore, Pursat province, which has a rich diversity in biophysical and social environment such as lakeside fishery area along Tonle Sap Lake, lowland rice-growing area having towns and roads, and mountainous forest area receiving various migrants from lowland in recent years, is a good representative of rural […]
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