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Description: "...Women Own the ChangeThis year 85womenfrom communities across Thailand came together to explore the theme Women Own the Change, a strategic celebration ofways in which women adapt to change in a developing world. The 16thAnnual Women Exchange Get Together(WE GetTogether) washosted by Migrant Assistance Program (MAP) Foundation withsupportand collaboration fromFoundation for a Just Society (FJS),Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD), and Asian-Pacific Resource and Research for Women (ARROW)..."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2017-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-21
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Category: Migrant women
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Description: "...The Women Exchange (WE) is a MAPFoundation project based out of Chiang Mai, Thailand, with programming that supports migrant and refugee women throughout the country. The WE projectis supported by Foundation for a Just Society (FJS), Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD), and Asian-Pacific Resource and Research for Women (ARROW)...Since 1999, MAP Foundation has supported migrant and refugee women in coming together once a month to challenge the isolation imposed upon them as “aliens” in a foreign country, in addition to social norms that consider women second to men with limited rights. Begun in Chiang Mai, these women-only spaces became very popular and were replicated along the Thai-Myanmar border. Today, migrant and refugee women from Myanmar of different ethnicity, ages, and occupations meet monthly in the following 18 areas..."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2017-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-21
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Category: Migrant women
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Description: "...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media. Book contents: 7th women's get together, about 7th Weget activities, rights for mother and women's migrant, domestic violence, Promoting Occupational Safety and Health (POSH), human trafficking, migration in Maekong region, International Women's Day..."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2009-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "...Since 1999, MAP Foundation has supported migrant and refugee women in coming together once a month to challenge the isolation imposed upon them as “aliens” in a foreign country, in addition to social norms that consider women second to men with limited rights. Begun in Chiang Mai, these women-only spaces became very popular and were replicated along the Thai-Myanmar border. Today, migrant and refugee women from Myanmar of different ethnicities, ages, and occupations meet monthly in different areas called “Women Exchange,” these forums have become a network of information that can be spread throughout the migrant community and inform donors, researchers, and policy makers of the situation on the ground. While each WE organizes a committee to run itself, MAP provides financial assistance, trainings, and resources to facilitate capacity building on a range of topics, including sexual and reproductive health rights, living wage, women economic rights, and leadership development.
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2011-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-01
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Description: "...This thesis consists out of seven chapters. The next chapter on theory will address important political and theoretical debates within the arena of displacement and refugee studies. Chapter three will present the methodological approach taken within the research. Chapters four and five are the data chapters of this thesis addressing various layers of insecurities through thematic chapters. The chapters are based on the most important themes that arose during fieldwork. How young Shan women first reacted to state terror, and the impact of this on their daily lives, is highlighted in chapter four. Chapter five will explain what it means to be a young Shan female, revealing the daily life practices and the influences they have on life chances and future aspirations. Finally, I shall conclude by referring to the debates discussed within the theory chapter. The key words of this research are displacement, young female Shan refugees, future aspirations and human (in)security..."
Creator/author: Ursula Cats
Source/publisher: Masters Thesis - Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2009-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-09-15
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Language: English
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