Author: Agatha
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-12-07
Year: 2012
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2012
Examination Committee: Kyoko Kusakabe (Chairperson); Philippe Doneys, Mokbul Morshed (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Over 60 years, the Kayah communities have lived under much limitations and problems due to constant c onflict that eroded social and economic development of the state. Then mobility is restricted due to lack of affordable transported road and lack of human security. The research aims to analyze gender differences in impact of conflict on daily mobility patterns and how it affected to men and women’s livelihood, and gender roles in Daw Ta Ma Gyi village tract and Hpruso surrounded villages which were one of the conflict zones, isolated areas and lack of transportation and communication in Kayah State, Myanmar . The research was carried out by both primary and secondary data collection . In – depth interview to 59 respondents with 37 males and 22 females who lived in conflict – affected areas and confl ict – affected victims were involved in this study. The result shows that domestic, social, economic and political mobility has intervened in men and women’s life . Since being restricted on their movement, forced labour, forced detaining, arbitra ry taxation, daily messenger, forced porter and lack of civil rights are reproduced the issues of socioeconomic , gender relation and generation al mobility either inside or outside the household. Another fact show s that the three dimensions of coping mechanism such as confronting, avoiding and managing the problems at individual, community and institutional level were operated in their daily life that also fueled to how men and women to be within the society . The last major finding was mobility of men and women were strongly restricted by not only their traumatized experiences but, their own cultural norms led to social and economic exclusion that contributed to violation of human right s . T his study calls for all ethnicities from Kayah state particularly the t wo state parties to seek sustainable a nd re
Scholarship Donor(s): AIT Fellowship; Thabyay Education Network Foundation, Thailand
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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