The incorporation of women into the labor market has transcended national boundaries; the possibilities of communication and territorial mobility brought about by globalization have revitalized traditional feminine markets at the supra-national level, as in the cases of domestic service and prostitution. In this context, many women decide to migrate alone in search of greater economic security. This article explores the construction of motherhood by migrant Peruvian women in Chile whose children live far off from them. A qualitative methodology was used for the field research, including in-depth interviews with Peruvian mothers and a group discussion in which migrant Peruvian women in Chile-mothers and non-mothers-participated. The hypothesis guiding the study is that there is a tension...
With over 6,000 people in Norway House, Wednesday mornings were not enough," said [Darlene Birch]. "It's not that the people in the clinics don't realize that. It has to do with staffing -- the availability of physicians, nurses, midwives. "When I was in Winnipeg, a nurse who worked for public health got in touch with me, and she came over and visited with us and checked up on us all the time, making sure I didn't have the blues, that everything was OK," said [Deana Smith]. "They don't do that here." -- Sources: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy's Manitoba Child Health Atlas Update, 2008; Report of Manitoba Health's Ministerial Working Group on Maternal Newborn Services, 2005; Doctors' Manitoba's Maternal and Perinatal Health Standard Committee Report, 2003 and 2004; Manitoba Health
Law has a significant role in the process of governing life. Because the child support law and policy impose normative and coercive standards for post-divorce parenting, it is essential to ask how traditional meanings of motherhood and fatherhood are being challenged and/or reinforced through the application of this legislation. This article uses interviews with custodial and non-custodial parents to expand our understanding of what is happening "on the ground" pursuant to the child support law reforms. Three key themes will be exposed: parents' interpretations of the normative messages about parental responsibilities received from their legal experiences; the meaning of the "battle" metaphor parents used to describe their experiences navigating the family law system; and the disempower...
If you are not earning very much money, a tax-free savings account is much better than an RRSP, because with an RRSP, you get a tax deduction," she says. "But if you're not earning any income, the tax deduction isn't worth that much -- not to mention the fact that when you withdraw later from an RRSP, you have to pay tax on it at that point. "It's nice to have the money, but it does absolutely nothing to solve the current child-care problems in Manitoba," [Lisa Macdonald] says. "I currently have a two-and-half-year-old at home and a one-year-old at home, and I would have a lot of problems if I had to go back to work full-time tomorrow, because I'm on one waiting list that they tell me is at least three years long." "I'm in favour of a guaranteed annual income," deGroot says. "Currentl...
We are now in the era of technological miracles, including in the field of communication. Satellite television brings us news and information across national boundaries. The media have a strong influence of people's knowledge, attitudes, and practices. The power of media can be used very effectively to make people healthier. Systematic communication strategies can improve health behavior. Communication shapes how people conduct their daily lives, even their sexual behavior. Mass media techniques that combine entertainment with health education are particularly effective in producing behavior changes. The entertainment education approach are based on assumption that the power of mainstream popular culture is great enough to generate models for over all social behavior. This article is at...
Motherhood
The times they-are-a-changin', and what may have applied in her time doesn't go far enough in our present society. A distinction should be made between the mother and the act of 'mothering'-- one is a noun, the other, a verb. Historically and biologically driven, the role of mothering has been, and to a large extent still is, primarily fulfilled by the biological mother. But with changes in family structures and shifts in values and priorities, this role is now often carried out by a variety of mother substitutes such as fathers, grandparents, adoptive, foster, step-parents or paid caregivers. Selma Fraiberg, in Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering (1977), writes that mothering "is the nurturing of the human potential of every baby to love, to trust and to bind himself to h...
As the subtitle of the book implies, the chapters are divided into two sections: 'Discourse' and 'Practice'. The chapters under the heading 'Discourse' are particularly warv of pictures of motherhood that are easily accepted and reinforced in settings such as the film industry. children's literature, magazines, art and the judiciary. It is shown how uncritical acceptance of stereotypical motherhood pictures is to the detriment of many women. So. for example, a chapter on "lhe Impossibility of "Natural Parenting" tor Modern Mothers' scrutinises muddled messages from different 'experts' on what should apparently be 'natural' when raising children. Petra Biiskens, the author, conveys the inherent paradoxes in such advice given to women. The work of Jillian Uuquame-Watson on Working Mother ...
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