Author: Aye Nyein Hlaing
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-19-06
Year: 2019
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2019
Examination Committee: Philippe Doneys (Chairperson); Kyoko Kusakabe, Sylvia Maria Szabo (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The previous literatures conducted on the topic related with male out-migration and its impact on their left behind women are mostly discussing about how gender can influence the remittance patterns of the migrants and how this migration of men or women can influence the gender roles and gender power relations of their left behind household members within their household level. So, to go beyond this household level, this study explores how male out-migration can impact the gender roles of the left behind household members in terms of reproductive, productive and community roles. Furthermore, this study also examines how husband’s out-migration can affect decision making power of their left behind women related with household budget management, remittance usage, their mobility and, furthermore, it discusses about how this migration can impact decision making power oftheir left behind women in their community level. Finally, this study investigates whether the effects during husbands’ migration period continue or not after their husbands return from migration. To get deep understanding, qualitative research method is used with the triangulation approach. As the key findings, during their husbands’ migration, depending on their household types, some women usually get more burden in their reproductive work while some do not get because of their family member’s support in their household works. When their husbands return back, some men get involved in their household work more than before according to their experiences in their destination areas. Furthermore, during their husbands’ migration, most women improve their decision making power for their mobility related with income generation activities and attendance to social and religious ceremonies. Furthermore, most women can do independent decision making on some household matters, but they have to do joint decision making with their migrant spouses for the big household matters. When their husbands return back home, some women with own income
Scholarship Donor(s): Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany; AIT Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in patial 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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