International labor migration

1. INTERNATIONAL
LABOR
MIGRATION

2. CHANGING FAMILIES,
COMMUNITIES, AND
SOCIETIES

3. The ofw s are part of the network
created by international labor
migration (ilm), one of the early
catalysts of globalization and, at the
same time, intensified by globalization
ILM REFERS TO THE
MOVEMENT OF A LABOR
FORCE FROM ONE COUNTRY
TO ANOTHER

4. from international labor migration there
evolved new images, structures, and
arrangements that have changed families,
communities, and societies.

5. Studies in ilm reveal its
multidimensional consequences on
the individuals, families, societies,
and economies.

6. This concerns the formation of
transnational family,
transnational household, and
a global household
EVOLUTION OF NEW FAMILY
AND HOUSEHOLD
STRUCTURES

7. in a transnational family,
composed of members
related by consanguinity, live
apart from one another but
remain connected as one or
more of them live or work
abroad..
a transnational
household has its
household located
in two or more
countries.
a global household relies
on members to maintain
and sustain the household
while living in seperate
countries

8. another consequence is that activities are done with the aid of modern
information and communication technology.
these modern technologies eliminate or blur the expansive space
between family members, and make a presence despite of the
physical absence of a parent.
UTILIZATION OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY TO SUSTAIN FAMILY
BONDS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.

9. RECONFIGURATION OF FAMILY
ARRANGEMENTS AND ROLES
in the traditional sense, women are associated primarily with the
works of nurturing, caregiving, and providing service, while men are
associated with paid employment and enterprise. with the
proliferation of working women, especially those abroad, the father
takes over as primary caregiver at home.

10. MORE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT IN THE FAMILY
AND COMMUNITY FOR WOMEN
the woman’s financial contribution enables her to become a major
decision maker, a show of political power.
being the breadwinner in the family, she can exert control over the
allocation of funds and family maintenance.

11. PROLIFERATION OF FAMILIES WITH UNSTABLE
MARRIAGES AND SEPERATED OR DIVORCED
PARENTS.
the long period of living apart because of
overseas employment often lead to
marital instability which eventually may
ruin family.

12. nowadays, young men and women
express their desire to work abroad
when opportunity knocks. they
choose to leave home and live
independently abroad regardless of
the risks.
CULTURE OF MIGRATION

13. both ilm and globalization are phenomena that demonstrate the interconnection of
peoples and nations. no matter where they stay, migrants remain connected to their
families, friends, organizations, and countries. this interactions and interconnections
are facilitated by modern technological means such as ict.

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