02883nas a2200253 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000230007324501280009626000560022430000360028049000270031650001850034352016610052850200580218965000330224770000350228070000440231570000410235971000600240071000440246081000590250485600660256320260819090903.0160208s2012    th    m rtt   000 a eng d  a.b121613170 aLe Hoang Van Trang10aWomen, ethnicity and migration :bcase of Khmer ethnic  women workers migrating from Tra Vinh Province to Ho Chi Minh City   aPathumthani :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2012  a66 leaves  +e1 online resource1 aThesis ;vno. GD-12-10  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science inGender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development  aVoluntary  rural-urban  migration  of  Khmer  ethnic  women  to  Ho  Chi  Minh  City  is  a common phenomenon  because  of  slowdown  in  agricultural  production  in  rural  area  and increase  in  industrial  zones  in  the  city.    Khmer  women  face  more  vulnerabilities  than  the majority,   because   they   are   less   educated,   are   lower-skilled   and   they   cannot   speak Vietnamese language.Khmer migrant women to Ho Chi Minh City in this research come from three communes in  Tra  Cu  district,  Tra  Vinh  province  in  the  South  of  Vietnam.  They  mainly  work  in  the city  as  domestic  workers,  factory  workers  or  others  in  the  informal  sector.  Khmer  ethnic women  from  the  same  village  usually  work  the  same  job.  They  are  suffered  from  long working hours and poor living condition in the city, while they remit some savings to their families in rural areas. Such remittances contribute to the totalhousehold income and help to  improve  their  family  living  conditions  in  rural  areas.  In  addition,  remittances  from Khmer migrants{u2019} women workers contribute to poverty reduction in their rural part and increase more income for rural labor through their family spending.The  employers  treat  Khmer  women  migrants  differently  from  Kinh  women  for  many reasons. This research analyses the experiences of Khmer female migrants in Ho Chi Minh City. It is based on both primary and secondary information both in Ho Chi Minh City and in  three  communes.  This  research  has  also  employed  an  ethnographic  approach  that included informal discussions, non-participant observation.  aThesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 0aWomen migrant laborzVietnam1 aPhilippe Doneys, eChairperson1 aKyoko Kusakabe, eExamination committee1 aEdsel Sajor, eExamination committee2 aFord FoundationIFP-Ford Foundation, eScholarship donor2 aUSA-AIT Fellowship, eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. GD-12-10  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B02932