Asset Accumulation through International Migration: Gender, Remittances, and Decision Making in Ecuador

Deere, Carmen Diana; Alvarado, Gina

doi:10.1353/lar.2016.0058

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“…Condeluci (2016) notes that increasing social capital for marginalized groups can lead to better health outcomes, increased job success, and even psychological assets. In terms of poverty reduction, asset accumulation has been particularly important to women as an often-marginalized group, resulting in higher levels of social status in the household and community (Deere & Alvarado, 2016; Page-Adams & Sherraden, 1997).…”

Section: Residential Care In Haitimentioning

confidence: 99%

Claiming Space: Implications of Girls’ Access to Space in a Haitian Residential Care Facility

Vinciguerra

2018

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The following study qualitatively explores how teen girls' access to space and assets at a Haitian residential care facility changed 2 years after the implementation of a girls' empowerment program called Fi Ki Fò ("strong girl" in Haitian Creole). Based on focus groups conducted with program participants (n ¼ 17) and program teachers (n ¼ 6), the study found that the Fi Ki Fò program increased access to physical spaces which has had implications for teenage girls' individual and collective asset accumulation. The study also revealed that the addition of a program focused on women and girls, implemented later in the institutional life of the care facility, caused tensions with boys living on the property. The findings suggest that, while girls experienced clear benefits from the program, the lack of a supportive institutional structure and a gender transformative approach inhibited more fully realized empowerment.

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Section: Residential Care In Haitimentioning

confidence: 99%