04751nas a2200445 a 4500 20260818134356.0 140117s2012 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12125556 AIT Thesis no.GD-12-05 Poe Ei Phyu The impact of migration on teenagers left behind in Mon State, Myanmar Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 65 leaves : ill. + 1 online resource Thesis ; no. GD-12-05 The 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 . A 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 Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2011 Teenagers Myanmar Mon State Myanmar Emigration and immigration Sajor, Edsel E., Examination Committee Doneys, Philippe, Examination Committee Resurreccion, Bernadette P., Chairperson AIT Fellowship, Scholarship donor Japan Government Scholarship, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-12-05 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B02927 .b12125556 mnait z 240404 0 140117 m a z 4 000:001:PDF:b1212555:001138:0:0:0:0:0:0 Abstract--AIT Thesis no.GD-12-05 n mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120719355 CREATED : 2014-01-17 RECORD # : i12752897 LPATRON : 1028112 LCHKIN : 2019-04-29 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 6 TOT CHKOUT : 14 TOT RENEW : 40 Barcode : 30050120719322 CREATED : 2014-01-17 RECORD # : i12752903 LPATRON : 1029068 LCHKIN : 2019-10-07 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 4 TOT CHKOUT : 10 TOT RENEW : 9 Barcode : 30050120225320 CREATED : 2016-06-17 RECORD # : i13044254 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 58099 58099 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-12-05 30050120719355 2026-08-18 13:43:56 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-12-05 30050120719322 2026-08-18 13:43:56 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-12-05 30050120225320 2026-08-18 13:43:56 1 2026-08-18 40