“deployment” of gender

The use or "deployment" of gender to negotiate a family migration decision that works in the person's benefit (either pro or con).
Every day, people migrate across the universe. The moves are motivated by a variety of variables. Political or economic concerns, for example, might be powerful motivators for migration. Throughout the procedure, numerous complications develop. Gender, for example, has been used to facilitate the procedure in recent years. However, most governments have made limited efforts to incorporate gender into migration issues over the last two decades. Previous evidence indicates that migration policies have failed to address gender-specific issues.The issue has led to many complications in international migration because in many instances addressing issues become very hard. However, the problem arises not from within the policies but from people working under international migration organizations. Most of them act in their own way because there are no appropriate gender policies drawn to guide their work.

In the recent years, it is evident that international immigration policies have favored the female gender. The current status of the society pressures on women empowerment but on studying the status in immigration issues of inequality are evident. The recent years have witnessed many women moving oversees in search of employment opportunities. The labor group in most developed countries consists of women from other parts of the world. The process became immigration totally makes it easy for women to move to other countries. That has left the male species disadvantaged because they lack access to better opportunities unlike their female counterparts. From and economic point of view, the immigration policies affirm that women should be allowed to move oversees, most as household workers in order to boost their financial muscle.



Family is very critical towards making decisions. Research indicates that most women before seeking for better opportunities either negotiate with their family or other make independent moves. From research, it is evident that only few women involve their families when it comes to making labor decisions. With motivating factors such as being influenced by friends living overseas, most of them make that bold step to migrate on their own. Additionally, in cases where they are married, majority considered their husband’s views rather than the extended family. From the evidence it is correct to conclude that deployment of labor through family negotiations favors the female gender because of the favorable immigration policies that exist in favor of them.

Migration experiences (either forced or “by choice”) that affect the way people define or think about their “family” – who is part of it, who isn’t, and why? (5points)

Migration always comes with many issues .For instance, moving to a new place implies that the affected person has to experience some changes. For instance, the change in social life is the first thing that hits their life. They move to new environments with new people and totally different ways of life from their homelands. In cases where they move into domestic labor, most of them get to witness changes regarding how their new families handle their affairs. Such changes are likely to impact on someone’s perception about their family or the new employer’s family. The picture of compare and contrast comes in whereby these individuals start analyzing families in their own perspective. When someone is put in such a situation, their view on families is likely to change in a negative or positive way because of exposure to different environments

Migration can be forced or in most instances, people just choose to move out in order to find better opportunities. In instances whereby it is forced, the victims are likely to undergo changes regarding their families. For instance, a person can be forced to move overseas to work because of family complications. Some of the complications include need for financial support or one making the move to get away from unfavorable situations. Such occurrences happen in most cases and that ultimately changes people’s attitude towards their families. For instance, people forced to work overseas are likely to develop hatred towards family because it forcefully drove them into the situation. On the contrary, one that willingly left to look for better opportunities abroad is likely to be supportive of the family back at home. Therefore, the status of migration significantly influences how a person treats family.

However, when a person has a view regarding family, the entire family ultimately gets caught in the situation. Family is a big unit and many people play a central role in decision making. For instance, if a woman is forced to work oversees; her marital status will significantly determine her attitude towards family. If a demanding husband influenced the move, love and affection are likely to reduce. On the contrary, is parents were involved with the move, she is likely to cut link or offer little support to them because the forced her out of their home. All these experiences clearly affirm that immigration, whether forced or not forced has significant impacts on how the victims treat their family. Personal attitude towards other people changes depending on treatment or how the new environment influences their perception towards people and life.

Migration experiences that change or redefine the obligations people have or feel toward their family members, either through a change in values, or a change in actual circumstances or social structure that makes it easier or harder to fulfill existing obligations or embrace new ones (5 points)

The world is a dynamic and diverse society whereby people living in different regions embrace different ways of life. When someone experiences migration to new geographical areas, the first thing that is realized is a change in lifestyle. The changes arise from the fact that each community of people is a conservative of their own way of life and only few norms are shared. Therefore, change is something that comes naturally when immigration happens. However, the change can be negative or positive but regardless of the impact it has, family must also experience changes. For instance, people are likely to redefine their ways of life after coming in contact with new environment. The moves either come because of new demands or naturally take shape with time because of losing contact with their original environments.

Every society has a different social structure and obligations that are entitled to people. For instance, in most societies men are regarded as the primary pillars and providers of the household. Therefore, in a scenario when a woman leaves home to work as an immigrant in order to support her family, the family role totally shifts to the female gender. The woman finally takes over everything because situations drive her to making the move. Moreover, when exposed to new environments, immigrants are likely to meet new laws that govern how genders coexist. In some cases, most of them are likely to adapt to these laws and ultimately they lose their original identity with family regarding how they treat each other. Additionally, such experiences are likely to impact on family obligations that people possess and in the process, other issues are likely to arise most of which are damaging.

Change in social circumstances one of the biggest challenges facing immigration. When one of the family members moves abroad in search of better opportunities, change within family is likely to take place. For instance, in a situation where couples are married with children, one of them moving abroad implies that the fundamental family roles switch to the remaining partner. If there is no proper agreement between the two parties, then there is a high likelihood of others issues arising. Moreover, experiences abroad are known to influence values. Coming in contact with a new environment comes with many changes. Most people are likely to adapt these changes and in the process their families find it hard accepting them. For instance, people working in the Middle East are likely to convert to Islam in the long because of their long term contact with Islamic culture. Such changes when experienced are likely to impact on family.

Ways in which the migration experience leads people to adapt, resist, or struggle with the "rules" of a new culture or the new demands of daily life (5 points)     

People have different personalities that define how the deal with situations in life. When exposed to the same factor, people are likely to respond differently and that is what makes humanity a complex subject of study. Even those raised under the same environment develop different specific traits that make them unique from the rest of their family. Just like a social setting receives different responses from people, and so do issues arising from immigration. Moving to a new environment demands that one must respect the laws of the new land. However, the human nature confirms that not even the custodians of a law fully follow it. Each happening is any society is likely to receive different reactions. Immigration is also not an exceptional case because people treat it differently and most of these actions are self-motivated.

Adaptation is one of the common traits exhibited by human beings. People are likely to accept certain situations because there is no way out of them. For instance, immigrants moving to Islamic countries are faced with the challenge of adapting to Islamic dressing code. Most of these laws affect women. Therefore, a woman from a Christian setting is forced to observe Islamic rules because it is the only way she can survive the environment. In some cases, people tend to resist change because they are being conservative to their ways of life. That is why the world is diversified when it comes to social lifestyle. Most people will migrate with their ways of life. Additionally, in these new areas that they move to, they are likely to find other immigrants with a shared interest.

Culture is the most complex entity in human life. Despite the urge for globalization, finding a common cultural ground remains impossible. People have different ways of life instilled in them as they grow up in a specific environment. Mode of dressing, beliefs and other practices differ across the universe. Immigrants end up being affected when they move to new areas. Some adapt while the rest resist, sticking to their ways of life. However, in environments where situations are extremely difficult, immigrants struggle with coping up with the new ways of life. Some embrace both of find what is best in the new culture and ultimately adapt it. However, despite the different experiences, everyone has struggles with adapting to new cultures or doing away with their inborn way of life. All these struggles immigrants face are unavoidable because they are some of the challenges expected when people opt to move to new places.



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