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Gartaula, Hom Nath; Visser, Leontine; Niehof, Anke – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The concept of wellbeing is gaining popularity in the study of quality of life and cultural significance of living. The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of objective and subjective wellbeing by exploring the perceptions of women left behind by out-migrating husbands on their quality of life in a transnational social field. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Areas, Qualitative Research
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Simkhada, Padam – Children & Society, 2008
Many girls involved in sex work in Asia do so because they are compelled by economic circumstances and social inequality. Some enter sex work voluntarily, others do so by force or deception, sometimes involving migration across international borders. Nepalese girls involved in sex work via trafficking are the focus of this article, which aims at…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Poverty, Females, Urban Areas