03769nas a2200265 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000160007324500750008926000670016430000430023149000270027452025290030150001890283050200580301965000340307765100400311170000440315170000450319570000460324071000390328671000530332581000590337885600660343720260818134356.0140117s2012    th uu|m rtt   0|  a1eng d  a.b121255560 aPoe Ei Phyu14aThe impact of migration on teenagers left behind in Mon State, Myanmar  aPathum Thani, Thailand :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2012  a65 leaves :bill. +e1 online resource1 aThesis ;vno. GD-12-05  aThe  international  labor  mig ration  in  Mon  State  has  been  po pular  over  two  decades  and  both co uples are migrating to the neighboring countries for work. The children and elderly  people  are  left  behind  in  the  local  area.  The  purpose  of  the  study  was to  describe  how  migration impact on  the education, the use of remittances and responsibilities on tee nagers  left behind in the local area and how gender differences impact differently to boys and girls  left behind due to the cause of parental absence .  With  analyzing  of  both  secondary  and  primary  data , the  qualitative  research  method  was  used  in  the  resea rch.  In  order  to  explain  the  problems  and  difficulties  facing  by  the  left  behind teenagers the ethnographic approach was  applied for understanding the lives of the  left behind teenagers .  Contrary to some existing literature the result showed that the left behind teenagers had  no  habit  of  addiction.  The  problems  and  difficulties  faced  by  the  left  behind  teenagers  were  different from each other based on their social status and gender.  As it had been shown in  many  literatures,  t he  left  behind  eldest  daughter  beca me  the  surrogate  motherhood  of  the  younger  siblings  due  to  the  parental  absent.  Their  education  was  negatively  affected  because they have to quit the school after parents{u2019} migration. The remittances  were given  to the children as the reward to them and  also as the bribe to the children.  In order to gain  the rewards from the parents the left behind teenagers are trying to make their role stronger  which  makes inequality between boys and girls.  The study found out that the migration impact negatively on th e girls l eft behind teenagers{u2019}  education and  responsibilities  whereas  boys  had  positive  impact  on  education  based  on  their social status and traditional notion of masculinity the {u2018}achiever{u2019}. The notion of work  on  the  women  was  reproducing  generation  to  gen eration .  The  care  givers  were the  assistants  on  the  reproducing  of  the  work  because  they  regenerate  and  control  the  social  norms  of  the  area which  created  gender  inequality .  H owever  the  girls  are  empowered  to  some  extent  because  they  become  the  de  facto he ad  of  the  household .  The  traditional  notion of low value reproductive work is given some value because parents give the reward  as the work that the girls bared .   aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the  degree of Master of  Science  in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development  aThesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2011 0aTeenagerszMyanmarzMon State 0aMyanmarxEmigration and immigration1 aSajor, Edsel E.,eExamination Committee1 aDoneys, Philippe,eExamination Committee1 aResurreccion, Bernadette P.,eChairperson2 aAIT Fellowship,eScholarship donor2 aJapan Government Scholarship,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. GD-12-05  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B02927