History of indenture labor migration Indenture was a worldwide phenomenon which started in the 19th century. It was an experiment in Mauritius. After the abolition of slavery demonstrate to the world the superiority of free labour over slave labour. Indenture involved mass migration of labors from India, China, Africa and South East Asia to labor importing colonies. Mauritius was the first country which had recourse to indenture labour. The Mauritius success this system then other colonies adopted
nutrition is a right guaranteed for children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In India also though this right is not expressly provided under the Constitution, but the relevant provisions are given under Article 47 of the Constitution which provides that it is the duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition. The Supreme Court of India in People’s Union for Civil Liberties vs. Union of India (Supreme Court 2000) has recognized the right to food as right to
Evidenceshows that the impact of transmittals on agriculture is mixed and highly contextual. In some cases,migration and transmittals foster household farm investment and agricultural production, while inothers, the opposite occurs. Transmittals are made by the migrants tothe members of their family in village. Thefindings on the effects of migration on ruralemployment,
Rural to Urban Migration a Problem (development ofslums) The increasing flow of people from rural to urban area hasmany positive and negative impacts. The mushrooming ofslums near the cities/urban centers, due to continuous flowof migrants from rural area to the urban area is consideredas a big challenge. A study done by economic and socialcommission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP, 1991)observed that “migration from rural to urban areas continuesat a rapid pace in many countries of the region, and
Research Proposal – Global Politics and Migration Research Question: How does marriage migration impact the ability of individuals, particularly women, to integrate into society and to participate in the labour market? What are the implications of this type of migration on integration policies? Migration within countries or across borders due to marriage is a trend that has become more common as a result of globalization and increased mobility and is, therefore, becoming increasingly important for
factors: the push factors which motivate migration are poverty, indebtedness, social outcast, unemployment, natural calamities etc. Which compete people to move out?2 The others factors: the physical condition of a region which varies according to time and space play vital role in influencing human migration from one region to another. Physical catastrophes such as earthquakes, landslides, climate fluctuation, etc., have time to time influenced migration. Floods, droughts force people to desert their
Introduction Assam as one of the State of India was a prosperous land with its per capita income of 4% which was above the national average at the time of independence. But today Assam is one of the poorest States of the country with its per capita income less than 60% of the national average. A hoard of issues like natural calamities, industrial backwardness, insurgency, terrorism, mass poverty, ethnic tensions and clashes, terrorism, unemployment, serious financial crisis, geographical isolation
defining the differences between the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour. I am going to be using specific examples to show how both transform existing ways of thinking about gender hierarchies, personal identities, women’s work and mothering. It is very important to note that although both the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour are fairly similar in the overall theory, there are very important
Canadian Pacific Railway Company needed labour that was docile, cheap, and obedient, and that is how Chinese were perceived. They were seen as homogenies, all of them are the same, and because of these perceptions, they were easily exploited. The CPR needed to construct a railway connecting B.C. with eastern Canada, after the decision of BC to join the Confederation in 1871. As a result, thousands of Chinese labourers were brought in using the contract labour system. The Chinese were often allocated
immigration is raise because of bad situations in some countries, for example, the poor security in most Arab areas led to the migration of large numbers abroad (DFID, 2007). In addition, immigrants are looking at the best standard of living by searching for better work as well as to escape persecution because of their religious or political beliefs, and some also