16 research outputs found
Heterogeneity in the Intrahousehold Allocation of International Remittances: Evidence from Philippine Households
Utilizing informal modes of engagement: civil society, substantive representation of women, and the Philippine womenâs rights law
W-DARE: a three-year program of participatory action research to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women with disabilities in the Philippines
The Use of Mobile Phone and Internet in Transnational Mothering Among Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore
Engineering the Philippine uplands: Gender, ethnicity, and scientific forestry in the American colonial period
Transnational families and the family nexus:perspectives of Indonesian and Filipino children left behind by migrant parent(s)
As a significant supplier of labour migrants, Southeast Asia presents itself as an important site for the study of children in transnational families who are growing up separated from at least one migrant parent and sometimes cared for by âother mothersâ. Through the often-neglected voices of left-behind children, this paper investigates the impact of parental migration and the resulting reconfiguration of care arrangements on the subjective well-being of migrantsâ children in two Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia and the Philippines. We theorise the childâs position in the transnational family nexus through the framework of the âcare triangleâ, representing interactions between three subject groups â âleft-behindâ children, non-migrant parents/other carers, and migrant parent/s. Using both quantitative (from 1,010 households) and qualitative (from 32 children) data from a study of Child Health and Migrant Parents in South-East Asia (CHAMPSEA), we examine relationships within the caring spaces of both home and transnational spaces. The interrogation of different dimensions of care reveals the importance of contact with parents (both migrant and non-migrant) to subjective child well-being, and the diversity of experiences and intimacies among children in the two study countries.PostprintPeer reviewe