Petra Dannecker
The article discusses the transformations of gender relations due to transnational migration between Bangladesh and Malaysia. It is shown that the uneven economic development in Asia during the last decades has not only initiated new migration movements and patterns but has also led to a feminizatio...
Petra Dannecker
Abstract In this article the current debate on migration and development is critically discussed. It will be shown that development as a multidimensional process is hardly ever conceptualised. The diversity of migration flows and patterns and the gendered structure of these processes are leading to ...
Petra Dannecker
Among noncritically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the 30-day primary composite outcome was not significantly reduced with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation compared with prophylactic-dose anticoagulation. However, fewer patients who were treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation requir...
Petra Dannecker
Petra Dannecker
A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globa...
Petra Dannecker
Abstract Most studies of temporary labour migration use economic models or examine the economic rationales of migrants to explain why people are moving. Although in migration research new approaches and perspectives have been introduced lately, temporary labour migration, especially in the global So...
Caroline Sweetman
Editorial Caroline Sweetman 'Point of order, Mr Speaker': African women claiming their space in parliment Sylvia Tamale From palm tree to parliment: training women for political leadership and public life Lesley Abdela Towards realistic strategies for women's political empowerment in Africa Sara Hlu...
Petra Dannecker
Abstract In the last years it is increasingly recognized that migration patterns and movements are gendered, as are the experiences of migrants. The feminisation of migration due to globalisation processes furthermore initiates discourses and negotiations about national identity and cultural authent...
Petra Dannecker
Der Forschungsbericht informiert aus entwicklungssoziologischer Sicht über die Beweggründe und den Verlauf der Arbeitsmigration von Bangladesch nach Malaysia im Kontext des Globalisierungsprozesses. Mit der empirischen Untersuchung verfolgt die Autorin das Ziel, den akademischen Diskurs und Diskussi...
Petra Dannecker
In Bangladesch sind in den letzten Jahren gleichsam über Nacht durch die Globalisierung und Auslagerung von Produktionsstätten in Billiglohnländer neue Beschäftigungsformen für Frauen in Fabriken (hauptsächlich in der Textilindustrie) entstanden. Die vorliegende Studie beschreibt die Folgen für die ...