Women in Action articles from December 2007

Women in Action archives from December 2007

Exploring marriage migration.(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... Migration is a worldwide phenomenon attributed to changes brought about by globalisation--the configuration of work and the homogenisation of culture. Most people travel to work, many settling for low paid and risky jobs, pushed by stagnant...

Where are the women in marriage migration?(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... Marriage is a persistent, ever-evolving subject for feminists. One of its variations, marriage migration, has been affected by neo-liberal policies via feminisation of poverty and has increased in magnitude in the last two decades in Asia. The...

Aiming.(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... Aiming to further examine the current situation of marriage migration in Asia at the local, national, and regional levels, the Asian Regional Exchange for New. Alternatives (ARENA), in collaboration with Korea Migrant Women Human Rights Centre,...

Insecurity among Mongolian marriages migrants.(TaLking PoiNts)(Report)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The transition to a market economy in Mongolia started in 1990 with a series of economic shocks that placed enormous pressure on all aspects of life. This was an unfamiliar phenomenon for Mongolians who had lived for...

A Vietnamese woman tells her story.(TaLking PoiNts)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I am originally from Vietnam but lived in Korea for 13 years. I came to Korea as an industrial trainee and was less paid than the Korean workers. There were 30 Vietnamese factory workers, making fishing nets. Many of...

Leny Tolentino on women empowerment of marriage migrants in Japan.(One On One)(Interview)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leny Tolentino is a Catholic Filipino lay missionary doing pastoral work for Filipino migrants in the Diocese of Yokohama for the past 18 years. The closure of her former diocesan migrant office in 2002 gave birth to...

Human security and radical democracy: a beginning position on marriage migration.
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our Activism and the Research Process This discussion paper is a product of the Philippine Research Project Team's (PRPT) explorations into the realities, experiences, and discourses of marriage and migration....

Globalisation and the "hidden" insecurity of women migrants.
December 1, 2007... The stories that follow are those of two Filipinas who succeeded in staying in Japan and hope to settle down with their families. Have they truly succeeded in overcoming the insecurity generated by surveillance their being "hidden" from the...

Diaspora: moving beyond minority status.
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Philippine Research Project Team (PRPT) on marriage migration has just completed its pre-research phase. It discussed the concept of "diaspora" in its search of a theoretical framework and conducted a review of...

New "citizens" and multiculturalism in Korea.
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How do we begin to co-exist with "the Others" Nowadays, we can see tremendous growth of multinational capital, developments in information and transportation, and intense mobility of people on the global level....

Towards citizenships that are equal, different and plural.
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This paper is part of a larger discussion paper on "Citizenship, Diaspora, and Marriage Migration in Asia," a collaborative project of the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), with Isis...

The role of cyberspace in marriage migration in Asia: claiming spaces for intervention.(ComMunity & IndePenDent MediaA)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Pre-Research Process: Opportunity for Self-reflexivity For the longest time, I have considered my knowledge about cyberspace very limited. I also had strong opinions against developing relationships online...

Action research strategy on marriage migrant human (in)security.(We'vE gOt Male)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I wish to share with you the reasons and visions of the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) for being especially concerned about the well-being and rights of marriage migrants. ARENA is a network...

Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) focuses on marriage migration.(Isis ReviEwSjy)
December 1, 2007... ARENA's turf When the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) started in the 1980s, our founding fellows felt that something was missing among Asian social movements at that time. They decided to set-up a specific regional...