Towards Enhancing Capabilities of Children of Overseas Filipino Workers to Sustain Resilience and Mitigate Vulnerabilities

• Main Author: Abenir, Mark Anthony Dayot
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: left-behind children; children of migrant workers; capabilities approach; resilience; vulnerability; Child Psychology; Civic and Community Engagement; Development Studies; Migration Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/93; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=dev-stud-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Capabilities Approach was used in this study to understand the experiences of resilience and vulnerabilities in the lives of children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Philippines. It argues that the impact of family separation on the functionings and capabilities of the children left b...