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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 »The 38th Southeast Asia Seminar 2014 “Connectivity in Southeast Asia”
Date:22-25 November, 2014 Venue:Siem Reap, Cambodia Support:Japan Foundation Asia Center The 38th Southeast Asia Seminar 2014 » The 38th Southeast Asia Seminar was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia from November 22 to 25, 2014. 23 participants from 11 countries and 17speakers and staff members from 6 countries gathered together in Siem Reap to discuss “connectivity.” The seminar kicked off on November 22 with an opening talk with Dr. Kono Yasuyuki, Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, who reminded the participants of the importance of thinking big. He suggested that we think of connectivity as a distinct “logic” of the human society or “humanosphere,” because humans have a unique […]
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