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South-South migration from a gender and intersectional perspective: evidence from three country-corridors
This working paper examines gender dynamics and gendered inequalities shape and are shaped by migration within and between countries of the Global South, specifically Haiti-Brazil, Ghana-China and Nepal-Malaysia.
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Cross-border mobility, inequality and migration intermediaries: Labour migration from Nepal to Malaysia
This International Migration journal article investigates the link between cross-border mobility and inequality through migration intermediaries. Drawing on MIDEQ project interviews with Nepalese migrants in Malaysia, it uncovers a "middle space effect," where intermediaries both alleviate and perpetuate socio-economic disparities. The study advocates policy measures for regulating labour recruitment and employment to address these issues.
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Migrant vulnerability and structural inequalities: the case of Haiti
Louis Herns Marcelin and Toni Cela of the Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, consider the policy implications of the path dependence created by inequalities and inequities in home countries that persist throughout the migratory process.
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Remittances and transformations in funerary practices among the Hadiya
The importance of South-South Migration for the welfare of individuals and communities, and how remittance flows affect (or are affected by) (in)equality dynamics in sending areas are yet to be explored critically. This blog explores the ways in which migration, mediated by remittances, influences and brings about change to important cultural practices in Southern Ethiopia.
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