An Activity of ILO- ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT MODULE 1 POSITIVE & NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION An Activity of ILO- ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT ATIKHA www.atikha.org
OBJECTIVES Understand the positive and negative impacts of migration on yourself, your families and your communities; Appreciate your role and contribution both- positively and negatively - to your own development and to your family and society; and Identify gender-specific differences in the migration experience of men and women 1 2 3 www.atikha.org
HOPES AND DREAMS IN GOING ABROAD www.atikha.org
MIGRATION REALITIES www.atikha.org
MIGRATION REALITIES PROCESS COSTS ADJUSTMENTS IMAGE SOURCE: POEA FACEBOOK ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS www.atikha.org
Positive and Negative Effects of Migration MIGRANT FAMILY COMMUNITY & COUNTRY www.atikha.org
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION WORKSHOP: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE Able to see places and learn new culture Learn new skills Learn new language Become independent Develop leadership Become an entrepreneur Financial Independence Gain more friends MIGRANT www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Overworked No savings Lonely for family back home Feels guilty for leaving family Incur debt for sending money home Cannot come home Family break-up Alienated with children and spouse Abused Feel discriminated Inability to practice profession, drained brains MIGRANT www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE Increase income from remittance New Home/ Home repairs Education of children Afford Basic needs of family Children learned to be independent and learn housework Spouse more nurturing to children Buy gadgets Afford appliances FAMILIES www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Dependency on remittance Family break-up/gap/alienation Extra-marital relations Drug addiction of children Early marriage School drop outs Daughters and wives are sexually abused by relatives Luxurious lifestyle Children/Family become conscious of imported goods Children exploited/abandoned FAMILIES www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE Increase buying capacity of the community Increase business Development from construction of new homes for migrants Increase Capital for education of its population; more schools Increase Capital for health; more health facilities Donation for social service in the community Economic empowerment of women (feminization of migration) COMMUNITY & COUNTRY www.atikha.org
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Increased culture of dependency Culture of migration Drain on human resources of the community Dysfunctional families due to long-term separation Increased social problems such as drug addiction, incest, family conflict Increase incidence of HIV-AIDs Stereotype role of girls/women doing housework persist Triple burden of women Migration not contribute to increase jobs and opportunities in the area COMMUNITY & COUNTRY www.atikha.org
Do male migrants experience different positive and negative impacts than women migrants? Migration can bring about both positive and negative changes in gender roles and in the organization of the household. Women’s migration is not the cause or the solution to gender issues but it reveals existing inequalities between men and women.
Financial education for asean migrants Maximize the positive effect of migration by learning how to budget save and invest Minimize the negative impact of migration by addressing family issues as a result of long-term separation
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