The lecture focuses on social work services’ needs for transnational families within their local areas, based on the results of research conducted on communities with connections to Afghanistan and Sri Lankan who live in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The research focused on speakers of three languages which are not covered by the multilingual services of the local governments despite their presence. The impact on their economic situations and daily lives due to COVID-19 arose from constraints and barriers in their surrounding environments from five primary factors, and the complex intertwining thereof: language, daily life customs/norms, residency status, employment, housing environment and community; and separation from family/relatives. We conclude that it is crucial to post transnational families within community social work along with to develop multicultural and integrated communities in order to provide transnational social work services across borders in the future.
Speaker：
Ayako SASAKI
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies,
Chiba University, Japan.
Ph.D. in Sociology (Hitotsubashi University), Master of Social Work (State University of New York at Albany). Major in Sociology and minor in Social Work, and researched on migration and well-being of migrants. Recent publications include: “Are Trained Migrants and ‘Educated’ International Students at Risk? Understanding Human Trafficking in Japan,” Journal of Human Trafficking, 6 (2), 244-254 (Routledge, 2020); “Social Stratifications of Migrant Care Workers in Japan” ASEAN Social Work Journal, 7 (1), 15-34. (2019); Promoting International Social Welfare for Transnational Human Mobility” in S. Oka and H. Harashima eds., New Social Welfare of the World “the volume 12th International Social Welfare”, Tokyo: Junpou sha, 366-378 (2020).
Date: November 11, 2022 (Tuesday) 09:00-12:00
Location: Room 209, Department of Social Work, NTU (Conducted both in-person and online, course link: Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/pbu-wzqd-fsf)
Moderators: Professor Pei-Shan Yang and Professor Lih-Rong Wang, NTU Department of Social Work
Note: The entire lecture will be conducted in English. No registration is required. Feel free to join the session directly to participate in the listening.
