Author: Trinh Thi Khanh Chi
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-14-01
Year: 2014
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2014
Examination Committee: Philippe Doneys (Chairperson); Kyoko Kusakabe, Edsel E. Sajor (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Most of women migration in Asia, including Vietnamese women, is spontaneous and through irregular channels. These irregular channels are basically formed from different contacts of social networks. Female migrants have been benefited from their network in order to find information about employment opportunities and conditions as well as the destination of their migration. However, each female migrant have their own experiences and it leads to dissimilar migration outcomes. The social network both plays the role of supporting and contradicting women migration. If considered the husband is the key component of social networks of women migrants, there is a large gap between women migrate with husbands and to husband’s destination and the women migrate without help of husband. The husband becomes most influencing actor to women migration outcomes. This research therefore examines the inequalities underlying the differences between female migrants in different social and gender network related in order to understand their process of making decision to migrate and migration outcomes. The research is conducted in two communes Thuy Luong and Loc Bon in Thue Thien Hue, the central part of Vietnam, where is the hub of cross border migration to Lao PDR. In order to answer the objective, the study focuses on female migrants’ experience and the influence of social network to their migration decision-making. The study finds that women in study field have initiative and active role in their decision making to migrate and enjoy the advantage of husband migration experience and networks.
Scholarship Donor(s): Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment , Resources and Development
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