- How People Face Evictions: Lessons from people-led initiatives
- Y. Cabannes / Development Planning Unit, University College London [UCL], 2010
- Forced and market-driven evictions are increasing dramatically worldwide, with devastating effects on millions of children, women and men across the globe. Despite this negative trend, however, many people-led initiatives have been su...
- Activity Choices of Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees: Post-War Northern Uganda
- T. Bruck / Households in Conflict Network, 2011
- This paper studies the effect of living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp on economic activity choices in post war northern Uganda. As the decision to relocate from a camp is voluntary, camp residents may be differen...
- Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention
- 2011
- Environmental refugees are one of the most burning issues at this time throughout the world. Bangladesh, a riverine country, is suffering from acquit riverbank erosion which compels millions of her population to be displaced from thei...
- The refugee inflows to Tanzania led to a sharp decrease in poverty in the hosting community
- J.F. Maystadt / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
- The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of migrants and their relatives. This paper, however, reviews the way hosting households in Tanzania traced between 19...
- Gender & Development special issue: migration
- Oxfam, 2011
- All over the world, individuals and families set out daily on a journey to a new life in a distant place. Some migration is undertaken with little or no choice - men, women and children fleeing in the face of violence which threatens ...
- Injustice on our plates: immigrant women in the U.S. food industry
- M. Bauer / Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010
- SPLC researchers interviewed approximately 150 women who are either currently undocumented or have spent time in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants. The women all have worked in the U.S. food industry in Arkansas, California, Florida...
- Report of the WIDE annual conference 2010 - migration in the context of globalisation: women’s human rights at risk?
- Women in Development Europe, 2011
- Migration and globalisation are key issues for the women’s movement as they are having serious impacts on women’s lives and rights. Women from all corners of the globe including many representatives from European migrant w...
- Women who go, women who stay: reactions to climate change
- J. Jungehülsing / Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2010
- This study investigates the different ways in which women and men are affected by the impacts from climate change, and possible differences in the resulting migration strategies. An empirical study was conducted in the southern part o...
- Protecting Bangladesh's migrant labourers
- T. Siddiqui; M. Farah / Institute of Informatics and Development, 2012
- This 4th edition of the Protifolon series sheds light on important reforms and actions concerning labour migration from Bangladesh. It is clear that the government has undertaken serious reforms in certain areas but new areas are cons...
- Social networking a powerful new tool for diaspora research
- J. Crush; C. Eberhardt; M. Caesar / Southern African Migration Project, 2011
- The recent focus on diasporas by policy-makers and researchers has highlighted the rich potential of migrants as a force for shaping development activities in their countries of origin. This paper describes and discusses the potential...
- Gender & Development special issue: migration
- Oxfam, 2011
- All over the world, individuals and families set out daily on a journey to a new life in a distant place. Some migration is undertaken with little or no choice - men, women and children fleeing in the face of violence which threatens ...
- Injustice on our plates: immigrant women in the U.S. food industry
- M. Bauer / Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010
- SPLC researchers interviewed approximately 150 women who are either currently undocumented or have spent time in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants. The women all have worked in the U.S. food industry in Arkansas, California, Florida...
- Report of the WIDE annual conference 2010 - migration in the context of globalisation: women’s human rights at risk?
- Women in Development Europe, 2011
- Migration and globalisation are key issues for the women’s movement as they are having serious impacts on women’s lives and rights. Women from all corners of the globe including many representatives from European migrant w...
- Women who go, women who stay: reactions to climate change
- J. Jungehülsing / Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2010
- This study investigates the different ways in which women and men are affected by the impacts from climate change, and possible differences in the resulting migration strategies. An empirical study was conducted in the southern part o...
- Protecting Bangladesh's migrant labourers
- T. Siddiqui; M. Farah / Institute of Informatics and Development, 2012
- This 4th edition of the Protifolon series sheds light on important reforms and actions concerning labour migration from Bangladesh. It is clear that the government has undertaken serious reforms in certain areas but new areas are cons...
- Social networking a powerful new tool for diaspora research
- J. Crush; C. Eberhardt; M. Caesar / Southern African Migration Project, 2011
- The recent focus on diasporas by policy-makers and researchers has highlighted the rich potential of migrants as a force for shaping development activities in their countries of origin. This paper describes and discusses the potential...
- Evaluation of Norwegian assistance to IDPs in Somalia
- M. Fisher (ed); J. Quanjer (ed) / Norwegian Refugee Council, 2011
- This report is an evaluation of a project in Galkaiyo, southern Puntland,implemented by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and supported by theSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It formspart of a much larger...
- Social discriminations that target new generation migrant workers in China
- X. Ying / AgEcon Search, 2011
- This paper studies the correlation of migrant workers in China and their social problems from the aspects of “migrant workers and social discrimination” and “new generation and mobility of social class”. The pa...
- Can migration positively influence development?
- S. Nonnenmacher / International Organization for Migration, 2010
- This paper examines how migration and development are linked, the potential benefits of mainstreaming migration into development, and the current state of affairs with including migration issues into development planning around the wo...
- Circular migration - who benefits the most?
- P. Wickramasekara / Global Union Research Network, 2011
- ‘Circular migration’ has recently been promoted as a triple win solution, bringing benefits to destination countries, origin countries and migrant workers themselves, thus projecting it as a major mechanism to reap develop...
- Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM)
- The CEDEM is an interfaculty centre which aims to carry out theoretical and empirical research in the fields of human migrations, ethnic relations and racism. Among others, the Centre is interested in the relations between migration processes and uneven development. These researches are led in a pluri-disciplinary perspective: political science, sociology, anthropology, international relations, la...
- Institute for Human Security
- Based at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, the Institute for Human Security is a new university-wide institute, which endeavours to further interdisciplinary research on all aspects related to human security as defined by the United Nations and encourages an ongoing dialogue between academia, development agencies and policy makers.
- Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] (RAU)
- The Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] is an independent, non-governmental organisation. Its Mission is to provide high-quality research for the purposes of relevant and current policy change. RAU is run by a Management Committee composed of experienced researchers and advocacy experts.RAU’s work to date has focused on three major areas that are important in the current crisis in Zimbabwe: Wom...
- African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS)
- The ACMS is an independent, interdisciplinary and internationally engaged Africa-based centre of excellence for research and teaching that shapes global discourse on human mobility, development and social transformation.
- INFOCON
- INFOCON aims to promote a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations representing Transnational Communities can work on preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and worldwide. Financed by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme, this three-year research project was launched in April 2008.
- December 18
- Migration advocacy organisation
- The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG)
- Te Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG) is a multidisciplinary research centre on ageing at NUI Galway. ICSG focuses on research, education and training in the field of social gerontology in Ireland and internationally. There is a specific research focus on rural gerontology, the economics of ageing and on technology and ageing.
- Caritas Europa
- Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries. It is one of the seven regions of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas Europa focuses its activities on issues related to poverty and social inequality, migration and asylum within all countries of Europe, humanitari...
- The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) (CoRMSA)
Strengthening partnerships between refugee and migrant service providers
- UN global initiative to fight trafficking
- Fighting human trafficking
