Migrating to the City in North West China: Young Rural Women’s Empowerment

Seeberg, Vilma; Luo, Shujuan

doi:10.1080/19452829.2018.1430752

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“…Chen's transition from being identified as 'Mrs Li' to 'Boss Chen' symbolises the empowerment of women within the context of internal migration in China (see, for instance, Seeberg and Luo 2018;Sun 2016). Her journey created opportunities for professional growth and challenged the patriarchal norms that commodify women.…”

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“…This helped to alleviate other problems they were facing. Seeberg and Luo (2018) found in their study on rural migrant Chinese women in the city that social relations were an important resource which generated new functionings. The women's capabilities were enhanced through their relations and friendships.…”

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Transforming Vulnerability into Power: Exploring Empowerment among Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Context of Migration in Belgium

Agboli

Botbol-Baum

O‘Neill³

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Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

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This paper discusses an aspect of empowerment in relation to the central human capabilities for women with FGM/C in the diaspora. Many women who have undergone the practice of FGM/C come from societies where gender inequalities and gender-based discrimination between men and women persist, which compromises their capabilities, and many find themselves in vulnerable positions in their relationships with men, at work and in their everyday-life. The participants in this study however appeared somehow to have been empowered through certain health-promoting activities where they exercised agency in the western social context, they reside in. This paper examines the empowerment gained by the migrant women with FGM/C after participating in health-promoting activities. We compared this form of empowerment to the reinforcement of their capabilities according to Nussbaum's central human capabilities. Drawing on Nussbaum's list as a starting point we explore the relationship between capabilities and empowerment. We found that some central human capabilities appeared to be reinforced through health-promoting activities, whereas issues relating to asylum seeking became a

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“…Farmers are the main players in rural socioeconomic development, but many young farmers have moved to cities for other income, leaving the cropland bare for years with little or no productivity in some areas (Seeberg and Luo 2018;Ye 2018). A policy is needed that supports increasing farm income from food production to encourage young farmers to stay on farms, which will ultimately improve the socioeconomic stability of rural communities.…”

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Gobi agriculture: an innovative farming system that increases energy and water use efficiencies. A review

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Chen

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Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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In populated regions/countries with fast economic development, such as Africa, China, and India, arable land is rapidly shrinking due to urban construction and other industrial uses for the land. This creates unprecedented challenges to produce enough food to satisfy the increased food demands. Can the millions of desert-like, non-arable hectares be developed for food production? Can the abundantly available solar energy be used for crop production in controlled environments, such as solar-based greenhouses? Here, we review an innovative cultivation system, namely "Gobi agriculture." We find that the innovative Gobi agriculture system has six unique characteristics: (i) it uses desert-like land resources with solar energy as the only energy source to produce fresh fruit and vegetables year-round, unlike conventional greenhouse production where the energy need is satisfied via burning fossil fuels or electrical consumption; (ii) clusters of individual cultivation units are made using locally available materials such as clay soil for the north walls of the facilities; (iii) land productivity (fresh produce per unit land per year) is 10-27 times higher and crop water use efficiency 20-35 times greater than traditional open-field, irrigated cultivation systems; (iv) crop nutrients are provided mainly via locallymade organic substrates, which reduce synthetic inorganic fertilizer use in crop production; (v) products have a lower environmental footprint than open-field cultivation due to solar energy as the only energy source and high crop yields per unit of input; and (vi) it creates rural employment, which improves the stability of rural communities. While this system has been described as a "Gobi-land miracle" for socioeconomic development, many challenges need to be addressed, such as water constraints, product safety, and ecological implications. We suggest that relevant policies are developed to ensure that the system boosts food production and enhances rural socioeconomics while protecting the fragile ecological environment.

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Migrating to the City in North West China: Young Rural Women’s Empowerment

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

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Transforming Vulnerability into Power: Exploring Empowerment among Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Context of Migration in Belgium

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