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Women immigrants. --- Immigrant women --- Immigrants

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"Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, commonly known as the Nordic countries, have been leaders in the development of modern family and gender policy, and the explicit promotion of gender equality at home, at work, and in public life. Today, on many measures, they boast some of the most gender-equal labour markets in the OECD. This report shows that improvements in gender equality have contributed considerably to economic growth in the Nordic countries. Increases in female employment alone are estimated to account for anywhere between roughly 0.05 and 0.40 percentage points to average annual GDP per capita growth - equivalent to 3 to 20% of total GDP per capita growth over the past 50 years or so, depending on the country. The Nordic countries are closer than most to achieving gender equality in the labour market. But the last mile may well prove to be the longest one. To make further progress, a continued assessment of the effectiveness of existing public policies and workplace practices is needed. Only with resolve and a continued focus can Nordic countries ensure that men and women contribute to their economies and societies in gender equal measure."--Back cover.

Women immigrants --- Social conditions. --- Immigrant women --- Immigrants

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Bakgrunn: Intrauterin fosterdød er en hendelse som har ringvirkninger langt utover den rammede kvinnen og hennes familie. Det handler i sin ytterste mening om kvinner og barns helse og likhet i helse for alle. Utviklingen mot et flerkulturelt samfunn innebærer andre utfordringer enn tidligere i forhold til kultur, kommunikasjon, kvinne-og familieperspektiv, livsstil og medisinske problemstillinger. Formål: Denne studiens formål har vært å kartlegge forekomsten av intrauterin fosterdød (IUFD) hos innvandrerkvinner sammenlignet med svenske kvinner, og å undersøke faktorer som kan være assosiert med IUFD. Materiale og metode: Registerdata på 904 646 fødte og deres mødre i perioden 1992-2001 ble undersøkt med bivariate analyser. Det ble også gjort en systematisk litteraturgjennomgang av relevant nasjonal og internasjonal forskning på feltet. Resultat: Analysen viser en økt risiko for IUFD hos innvandrerkvinnene sammenlignet med svenske kvinner. IUFD forekommer oftere hos de ikke-europeiske innvandrerkvinnene;OR:1,45(95% CI 1,28-1,63). Litteraturgjennomgangen viser at ikke-europeiske innvandrerkvinner har 2-3 ganger så høy risiko for IUFD sammenlignet med totalpopulasjonen, men også at lav sosio-økonomisk status (SøS), alder, inngifte, røyking, reduksjon av medisinske risikofaktorer og kvaliteten på den antenatale omsorgen påvirker den perinatale dødeligheten. Konklusjon: En forbedret folkehelse i Norden de siste tiårene har bidratt til en reduksjon av den perinatale dødeligheten. Men ikke alle befolkningsgrupper har fått tatt del av denne utviklingen. De ikke-europeiske innvandrerkvinnene har signifikant høyere odds for IUFD. De har ofte lav SøS, hvilket i seg selv er assosiert med IUFD. Kunnskap om ulikheter i helse og sykdom blant ulike kategorier mennesker i samfunnet vårt er viktig og kan bidra til en mer tilpasset omsorg og en bedre medisinsk behandling. Det er behov for videre forskning fra flere fagområder for å kunne kartlegge livsstil, levekår og effekten av sp.

Stillbirth. --- Fetal death. --- Immigrant women. --- Women

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The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these pictures. Immigration and Women is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism.Through an examination of U.S. Census data and interviews with women across nationalities, we hear the poignant, humorous, hopeful, and defiant words of these women as they describe the often confusing terrain where they are starting new lives, creating architecture firms, building urban high-rises, caring for children, cleaning offices, producing creative works, and organizing for social change. Highlighting the gendered quality of the immigration process, Immigration and Women interrogates how human agency and societal structures interact within the intersecting social locations of gender and migration. The authors recommend changes for public policy to address the constraints these women face, insisting that new policy must be attentive to the diverse profile of today’s immigrating woman: she is both potentially vulnerable to exploitative conditions and forging new avenues of societal leadership.

Immigrants --- Women immigrants --- Immigrant women --- Government policy --- United States --- Emigration and immigration. --- Immigration

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This book is the study of Chinese immigration to Canada from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Traces the evolution of immigration policy through the stories of Chinese immigrant women. It also shows how the Chinese community developed alongside changes in immigration regulations, and why the immigration of Chinese families to Canada became commonplace in the 1970s. It includes the very first mention of Chinese women's immigration in Canada's Parliament in 1879, to the end of the twentieth century.

Chinese --- Women immigrants --- Immigrant women --- Immigrants --- Ethnology --- Social conditions. --- Social conditions