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Leveraging ICT to address inequality brief
Overview of MIDEQ's work on leveraging ICT to address inequality.
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Diversifying the roles of recruitment agencies for post-pandemic livelihoods in Nepal
Could recruitment agencies help unemployed Nepali returnee migrant workers ?
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Left behind, anxious and forgotten: the impact of COVID-19 on the wives of migrants
The majority of the family left behind in migration are women with child-care duties, older parents or small children. Many of whom do not have access to paid work and depend on their migrant family member for daily maintenance. In the wake of the pandemic, job loss and uncertainty has left them anxious, yet women in particular are largely left out of the current discussions on the impact of COVID-19 on migration.
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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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