Social Studies Third Quarter

Migration

Latin “migrationem” ← meaning change of abode

3 types of labor migrants

1. permanent

2. temporary

3. undocumented

permanent labor migrants

5-10 yrs residency in place of migration

undocumented labor migrants

only way home for these migrants is through “amnesty”

TNT tago ng tago

philippine migration

began during Manila-Acapulco Gallion trade

philippine migration to USA

began during American occupation

sakadas

sugar farmers who went to hawaii, usa

Filipino Migrants in USA, 2023

4.4m

Filipino Migrants in Canada, 2023

89,615

Filipino Migrants in Australia, 2023

60,166

Filipino Migrants in KSA, 2023

948,038

Filipino Migrants in UAE, 2023

777,894

Causes and Implications of Migration

• Migration affects, indivs, communities, families, and their value system

• Global Pinoys(OFWs) feel homesickness and loneliness

• Working conditions may be diff compared to in the country

• OFWs’ families are affected

• Increase in foreign exchange offsets the outflow of foreign currency

sustainable development

• development that meets the needs of the present w/o compromising ability of future gens to meet their needs

• traced back to 1700s when a German mining administrator realized possibility of losing forest in Germany

sustainability

• Latin “sustinere” ← meaning to hold up

• smthng is sustainable if it endures, persists, or holds up over time

ancient virtues as a practice of sustainability

• frugality

• balance and moderation

• prudence

frugality

• economic way of living

• practiced during Roman era

• restraining from using luxurious clothing and eating luxurious food

balance and moderation

practiced by virtue of simplicity of Taoists and teachings of Buddha where B&M are ways to achieve serenity

prudence

• Cicero → “Prevention is better than cure”

• Confucius → “He who gives no thought tp difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand”

components of the approach to sustainable development

• economic

• ecological

• sociocultural

economic

maximum flow of income that could be generated through the increase of consumption of goods and services

ecological

stability of biophysical systems to preserve the resilience and the dynamic ability of natural systems

sociocultural

aims to maintain stability of social and cultural systems through the better use of knowledge on sustainable practices of indigenous grps, community-based orgs, and local communities for a more effective decision-making framework

The Philippine Agenda 21

• signed through Memo Order No. 399 by former ph pres Fidel V. Ramos dated Sept 26, 1996

• response of country after Earth Summit

The 2030 Challenge

partner project in the UN achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

key actors in sustainable development

• civil society

• business

• government

Sustainable Development Goals

global call to action to end poverty, protect the environment and climate, and ensure that ppl everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity

sex

• male of female

• biological/physical

• fixed at birth

• doesn’t change through time and space

gender

• masculinity or femininity

• socially and culturally determined

• learned through socialization

• varies though time and space

gender socialization

expectations and norms in relation to gender are mearned by men and women

gender stereotype

form of bias, pre judgement/prejudice, or limitation given to roles of men and women

areas of socialization

• manipulation

• canalization

• verbalization

• activity exposure

manipulation

ppl handle girls and boys differently as infants

canalization

ppl direct childrens’ attention to gender-appropriate objects

verbalization

telling children what they are and what is expected of them

activity exposure

familiarizing children to gender-appropriate tasks

institutions and gender ideology

1. the institutions

2. gender roles

the institutions

• formal education

• mass media

• religion

• language

gender roles

• family-household

• workplace

faily-household

• men seen as providers; women seen as in charge of the physical and emotional needs of the F-H

• women may decide to work but are still expected to tend to domestic tasks

• family + household

Family

kinship, may be nuclear or extended

Household

ppl living in same house and sharing tasks that may be part of the family or not

Workplace

• division of work between men and women started in early times

• men were to hunt; women were to gather and farm

• in ph culture, women seen as those who can do her job best at home tending to the domestic needs of the family

1930

63,052 Filipinos in Hawaii

Decline of migrants

Great Depression

some migrated to the West Coast

Tydings-McDuffie Law

limited migration

1,450,512 Filipinos

• in USA (1990)