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The Community Integration Of Immigrant Women Under The Background Of Urbanization

Posted on:2018-03-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Y ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2346330512994430Subject:Social Work
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With the development of urban and rural two-part structure,more and more people are pouring into the city.Not only the rural young male labor but also an increasing number of young women come to join the tide.Especially in recent years,with the emerge of "left women" phenomenon,serious relationship problems occur frequently,thus more and more women want to change the left-behind situation and choose to enter into the city to earn money or take care of their husband and children.Women leaving their hometown and living in a strange city,their personal growth,community integration and other issues are also increasingly prominent.This thesis selects the S community in Shenzhen,which has a immigrant population of more than 95%,to investigate the situation of immigrant women's community integration.The study mainly adopting the research methods of questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview,referring to the analysis of previous literature on immigrant women integrating into the community,and based on the perspective of the social work profession,puts forward the intervention strategies for the empowerment,the construction of social support network and community advocacy of immigrant women.First of all,immigrant women's lower overall educational degree and personal ability decides that,in order to let this group integrate into the community smoothly,the first step to be taken is the empowerment for the immigrant women,stimulating their potential,enhancing their ability,thus to promote their self-confidence as well as their ability to integrate into the community.Secondly,it needs to build a social support network for them,promoting all-aspect of the family,community and government to ensure their smooth integration into the community.Finally,social workers need to create a good environment in the process of promoting the integration of community work to enhance immigrant women's sense of community,and also to make the local residents open their mind to sincerely accept immigrant women to help them better adapt to the community life.
Keywords/Search Tags:Immigrant women, Community integration, Empower, Social support
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