Migration Contributes to Changing Women's Roles in Asian Families

On October 24, the Vietnam Women's Academy and Chonnam National University (South Korea) co-hosted the international scientific conference "International Migration and Social Integration: Inclusion and Entire Development". This is the second international conference on the topic of migration organized by the two universities in Vietnam.
October 26, 2023 | 08:55

The conference aims to exchange scientific research results, to create academic discussion about international migration and social integration issues taking place in many countries, including Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, and China.

According to Assoc. Prof. Tran Quang Tien, Director of the Vietnam Women's Academy, the conference received more than 80 scientific articles. Through the independent review process, 38 international and domestic scientific reports were selected for publication.

Migration Contributes to Changing Women's Roles in The Asian Family
Assoc. Prof. Tran Quang Tien, Director of the Vietnam Women's Academy spoke at the conference (Photo: Vietnam Women's Academy).

The main topics include gender issues, health care, social protection and other issues related to migration.

In particular, the speakers discussed various issues such as the social integration of repatriated female migrant workers in Vietnam, legal comparison of social security rights of foreign migrant workers and local workers in Vietnam, and applying artificial intelligence in migration management.

The delegates stated that migration is an indispensable part of the development process. It contributes great values ​​to economic growth and social development, to compensating for labor shortages as well as international trade and promoting technology transfer.

Also, migrants make an important contribution to their family livelihoods. They experience differences in lifestyle and culture while migrating, contributing to changes to adapt to new living environments and jobs at the migration destination.

Migration also contributes significantly to changing gender roles in the family. Women's position, voice, and right to make decisions in the family have changed. The change in household labor division also positively impacts relationships between family members.

Migration Contributes to Changing Women's Roles in The Asian Family
This is the second international conference on the topic of migration organized by the Vietnam Women's Academy and Chonnam National University (South Korea) (Photo: Vietnam Women's Academy ).

Still, many issues related to migration remained. They can be about social security, safety in migration and labor safety, which require appropriate policies to ensure stable social development in the process of international integration in Vietnam.

According to the International Organization for Migration, in 2020, there were approximately 281 million migrants, accounting for more than 3.6% of the global population. The number of international migrants has increased continuously over the past five decades. The number of 281 million migrants in 2020 is 128 million more than in 1990 and three times the number estimated in 1970.
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