The Family Of The Migrant Worker

This conference was sponsored by DIIFSD and organized and conducted by Familias Y Sociedad on 21-22/10/2009 in Mexico City. The subject of migration is usually studied from the perspective of the migrant as an individual, with only indirect reference to his family. However, concern for the family´s welfare is often the initial motive for migration.

For this reason, healthy migration will only be achieved when the welfare of the family of the migrant worker is taken into account, when migration is no longer forced upon them through marginalization, hunger or lack of opportunities in their place of origin. The problems of well-paid employment for the breadwinners in each family throughout the world, food self-sufficiency, health services for all, educational opportunities, comprehensive scientific applications for the development of the family, must be addressed. Otherwise, migration, with its uncertain future, becomes the only viable option for survival.

Background materials

• Introduction
• Opening Speech by Her Excellency Margarita Zavala Gomez del Campo
• Words of Welcome by Jose de Jesus Hernandez Ramos
• Words of Welcome by Ma Elena Bribiesca Gonzalez Franco
• Words of Welcome by Richard G. Wilkins
• Declaration
• List of Participants
• Closing Remarks by Margarita Zavala Gomez del Campo
• Closing Speech by Jose Luis Hernandez Lozada

Papers

• Family and Migration to the GCC Status: An Ethnographically-Informed Overview
  by Andrew M. Gardner
• “Contribution of Migrants to Developing Country of Origin and Destination” Anecdotes of a Migrant
  by Ary Kahan
• “Mexico as a Migratory Platform”
  by Cecilia Romero
• “Human Rights and Boy, Girl and Teenage Migrants”
  by Corina A. García Piña
• “Migration and Its Impact On The Family”Education for the Migrant Family
  by Elvia Marveya Villalobos Torres
• “Migration and Its Impact On The Family”The Role of CSO’s in Helping the Families of Migrant Workers
  by Emilio Rigel Chavez Herrerias
• Migration as a Cause Of Family Disintegration
  by Fernando Valadez Perez
• From a Fragmented Family To a Family Of Nations
  by Flor Maria Rigoni, c.s.
• Perspectives On Migration
  by Francisco Olguin Uribe
• The Situation Of Migration from Mexico to the United States
  by Jorge A. Bustamante
• “Human Rights and Boy, Girl and Teenage Migrants” Expierances In the Care Of Migrant Minors
  by Juan Carlos Garduño Coronel
• “Contribution Of Migrants To Developing Country Of Origin and Destination” The Migrant Family as a Generator Of Wealth
  by Leticia Gutierrez Valderrama
• TESTIMONY
  by Lidia Platonoff & Alberto Lozano
• “Human Rights and Boy, Girl and Teenage Migrants.” New Communication Technologies: Girl, Boy, and Teenage Migrants
  by Marie-Claire O’Hagan
• “Contribution Of Migrants to the Development Of the Country Of Origin and Destination” The Creation Of Job Opportunities For Returning Migrants
  by Maria Dolores Gonzalez Sanchez
• “Human Rights and Boy, Girl and Teenage Migrants.” Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Children
  by Maria Isabel Alcantar Escalera
• Transnational Families In Asia: With A Focus on the Philippines a Literature Review
  by Marya Reed
• The Social Capital of International Migration and Obtacles For Development: The Case Of Central Americans In Mexico
  by Rodolfo Casillas Ramírez
• Social Networks
  by Rodrigo Iván Cortés Jiménez
• Migration In Latin America and Its Impact On The Family
  by Salvador Beltrán del Río Madrid
• The Protection Of the Rights Of Migrant Children
  by Senator Adriana Gonzalez Carrillo

_{The views expressed in these papers or presentations are the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the Doha International Family Institute}