Published 2011
Paper

Rural Women's Emigration from the Midwest China: Present Situation,Problems and Countermeasures

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Annotation :::: for the major problems facing the women migrant. of mid-west areas, thus becoming an important factor for promoting migration of rural women in areas of the mid-west. The following are other factors that affect rural migration among women in the mid-west China: economic development level, degree of opening up to the outside world, personal characteristics of women, traditional ideas, the differences The paper provides a political analysis of migrant women, and identifies some key factors that promote the migration of women in rural mountainous areas in mid-west China. Using the method of documental study, the paper finds that relatively low levels of economic development, industrialization, and urbanization have produced population reserves of rural women for migration from mid-west China. Policy feedback and transfer of regional industries have gradually produced positive effects on the economic and social development between rural and urban areas, and limited channels for employment. The establishment and improvement of systems for social security, employment, and children's schooling, and a mechanism of self-development for migrant workers in cities can prove to be key solutions

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Title
Journal of Shandong Women's University (Bimonthly)(2)
Pages
12-16

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RMC
China

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Special note
Annotated Bibliography Yunnan Migration, HICAP, hicapinfo
Note
This record is a part of annotated bibliography of Migration Literature of the Mountain Areas of China (including women and migration), with Special Focus on Yunnan (2000-2013) at http://lib.icimod.org/record/30240; Women and Mountain Migration

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30654