This Collection of abstracts is devoted to exploring migration and gender problems worldwide during the 1st International Conference on Migration and Gender Issues (2021 COMAGI). Among the problems that have been explored during the conference, were issues of human capital, social Inequalities, gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioural insights, gender quotas, labour migration, gender policy, local governments, physically challenged women, women’s emigration, etc. Organizers of the 2021 COMAGI: 9 The Scientific Committee of the 2021 COMAGI. 10 Acknowledgement 12 About the Collection. 13 Award for Research Leadership. 13 2021 COMAGI Programme. 14 Session – 1: Introductory session. 14 Session – 2: Plenary session. 15 Session on migration and gender issues. 18 Day-1 Session 1. Introductory session. 23 Introductory Speech by the Guest of Honour 23 Dr. Sergii Kholod Significance of the 1st International Conference on Migration and Gender Issues (2021 COMAGI) for scholars in migration and gender studies. 27 Adj. Prof. Dr. Elli Heikkilä Day-1 Session 2. Plenary session. 30 Fully used human capital? Economic integration of immigrants and challenges in Finland. 30 Adj. Prof. Dr. Elli Heikkilä Importance of Migration and Gender Studies for Humanity and the Scientific World in Particular 33 Dr. Oksana Koshulko Gender and Migration: Perspectives on Social Inequalities. 36 Prof. Dr. Ramona Mihaila From ‘Gastarbeiter’ to ‘Misafir’: The Experience of German and Turkish ‘Hospitality’ in Migration. 39 Dr. Tulay Atay and Dr. Aysun Yaşar Gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioral insights, and circular economy in the Republic of Moldova. 43 Dr. Corina Gribincea Engendering Rural Local Governance in India through Gender Quota: Where the Shoe Pinches. 46 Prof. Dr. Prabhat Kumar Datta Autonomous migration among married Muslim women: an engendered perspective of conjugal dynamics in the Republic of Niger 50 Dr. Paula Morgado Ukrainian labour migration: the phone calls experiment 54 Prof. Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi Is There Equality for All Patients? The Importance of Providing Accessible Healthcare. 56 Dr. Michelle Blakely All Migration is Gendered. 60 Prof. Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen and Frances S. Sutton Day-2. Session on Migration and Gender Issues. 61 Gender Policy in Local Governments: How to improve development road?. 61 Galyna Fesenko and Tetiana Fesenko Breaking the Pattern - Multivocal reflections by Polish women on the experience of migration to the UK post-2004. 63 Sabina Fiebig Lord Marriage of Physically Challenged Women: Status and Issues. 65 Priti Diliprao Pohekar Evaporated War Brides at the heart of political issues of the Liberation: repatriation to France of East-European forced women laborers in Germany (1945). 67 Prempain Laurence Linguistic analysis of literary narratives: a different approach to the study of women’s emigration from Ukraine. 68 Olena Hlazkova Body or Face: Truth or Truce. Iranian Actresses Costumes in Domestic and Abroad Film Festivals. 70 Majid Parvanehpour Does marriage matter? Same-sex marriage legalisation and household well-being in the USA.. 72 Hina Amber and Yauheniya Shershunovich Women in politics, bureaucratic quality, and corruption in sub-Saharan Africa. 75 George Babington Amegavi Child Trafficking: Initiatives of Intervention. 77 Vipin Kumar Mishra and Ananya Mishra Do challenges pave the way to success for women scientists?. 79 Sherin Saheera Talk of Women empowerment 81 Dr. Reena Kumari Women’s Political Empowerment in Poland and Ukraine: Comparative Characteristics and Prospects. 83 Dr. Oksana Koshulko The construe of gender equality in employment perquisites with reference to GCC nations, Sweden and India. 84 Ms. Aksa Sam and Dr. Meera Rajeev Kumar Problems of Gender inequality in Ukraine. 87 Dr. Evgenia Makazan The concealed issues and challenges submerging the concept of marriage - an eye-opener for the present and future generations. 91 Dr. Meera Rajeev Kumar Poetics of Advocacy: Womanhood and Feminist Identity in Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s Where the Road Turns. 93 Bartholomew Chizoba Akpah The impact of labor migration on dollarization in Ukraine. 95 Prof. Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi and Anna Baranets Gender-based differences in priorities and willingness to pursue agriculture among labor migrant’s families: a case of Parbat, Nepal 98 Benju Dhakal and Mahesh Jaishi Causes and Implications of Etsuko’s Pidgin Identity in A Pale View of Hills. 100 Amalia Călinescu Vulnerability Assessment of Development Induced Displacement Community in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh India. 102 Alka Singh Exploring the Experiences of Kurdish Refugees in Finland. 104 Afrouz Zibaei Women in the politics of Kerala and West Bengal 106 Krishna Roy Migration in Punjab: A Review.. 108 Parvinder Singh Challenges and opportunities of reverse migration during Covid-19: A study of Uttarakhand, India. 110 Prof. Prakash Chand Kandpal

Today’s youth are challenging the older political class around the world and are forming new political generations. Examples from South Africa and elsewhere where peace processes were deemed to be successful show signs of youth disapproval of the current post-conflict conditions. Moreover, the Arab Spring witnessed numerous youth movements emerge in authoritarian and illiberal contexts. This book was prepared in light of these discussions and aims to contribute to these ongoing debates on youth politics by presenting the situation of youth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) as a case study. It will be the first book that specifically focuses on the Iraqi Kurdish youth and their political, social, and economic participation in Kurdistan. The contemporary history of the KRI is marked by conflict, war, and ethnic cleansing under Saddam Hussein and the tyranny of the Ba’ath regime, significantly affecting the political situation of the Kurds in the Middle East. Most of the recent academic literature has focused on the broader picture or, in other words, the macro politics of the Kurdish conundrum within Iraq and beyond. There is little scholarship about the Kurdish population and their socio-economic conditions after 2003, and almost none about the younger generation of Kurds who came of age during autonomous Kurdish rule. This is a generation that, unlike their forebears, has no direct memory of the decades-long campaigns of repression. Studying and examining the rise of this generation of Kurdish young millennials—“Generation 2000”—who came of age in the aftermath of the United States invasion of Iraq offers a unique approach to understand the dynamics in a region that underwent a substantial socio-political transformation after 2003 as well as the impact of these developments on the youth population. Pursuing different themes and lines of inquiry the contributors of the book analyze the challenges and opportunities for young men and women to fulfil their needs and desires, and contribute to the ongoing quest for nationhood and nation-building. "In this book, our aim is to bring together a variety of perspectives from local and foreign academics who have been working on pressing issues in Kurdistan and beyond. The chapters focus on an array of themes, particularly including political participation, political situation and change, religiosity, and extremism. ... Taken together, the chapters provide us with an introduction to youth politics in Kurdistan. This book is just the first attempt to open academic and nonacademic debate on this subject at a time when protests around youth-related issues are becoming a more prevalent method of political engagement in the region. Our hope is that more research follows and supplements what has not been addressed in this book, especially through the introduction of first-hand youth perspectives to the core of this analysis and giving them a voice in nonviolent platforms." CONTENTS Foreword: Youth in the Kurdistan Region and Their Past and Present Roles - Karwan Jamal Tahir Kurdish Youth as Agents of Change: Political Participation, Looming Challenges, and Future Predictions - Shivan Fazil and Bahar Baser CHAPTER 1. Youth Political Participation and Prospects for Democratic Reform in Iraqi Kurdistan - Munir H. Mohammad CHAPTER 2. Social Media, Youth Organization, and Public Order in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Megan Connelly CHAPTER 3. Constructing Their Own Liberation: Youth’s Reimagining of Gender and Queer Sexuality in Iraqi Kurdistan - Hawzhin Azeez CHAPTER 4. Kurdish Youth and Civic Culture: Support for Democracy Among Kurdish and non-Kurdish Youth in Iraq - Dastan Jasim CHAPTER 5. Youth and Nationalism in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Sofia Barbarani CHAPTER 6. An Elitist Interpretation of KRG Governance: How Self-Serving Kurdish Elites Govern Under the Guise of Democracy and the Subsequent Implications for Representation and Change - Bamo Nouri CHAPTER 7. Educational Policy in the Kurdistan Region: A Critical Democratic Response - Abdurrahman Ahmad Wahab CHAPTER 8. Making Heaven in a Shithole: Changing Political Engagement in the Aftermath of the Islamic State - Lana Askari CHAPTER 9. Kurdish Youth and Religious Identity: Between Religious and National Tensions - Ibrahim Sadiq CHAPTER 10. Youth Radicalization in Kurdistan: The Government Response - Kamaran Palani

"These essays (aphorisms, theses, whatever you like) were written fifteen years ago in Turkish, and were published in Turkey in 2007. It was almost an idyllic, Arcadian time if considered from the point of view of today, that is, the nightmarish year 2020 when I am writing this. Trump was still your run-of-the-mill Reality TV star (who was also a millionaire), and could harm only his immediate environment. We only had to deal with the common cold and the flu, which, although deadly enough, could not even begin to compete with the Covid-19 pandemic. Turkey, Russia and India were ruled by populists with authoritarian tendencies even then; but their rule did not seem as eternal and as aggressively autocratic, bordering on fascism, as it is today." * The original book was published in Turkish titled "Bir Şeyler Eksik" by Metis Publishers, Istanbul, 2007. This English version is translated and printed by permission from the publishers. What a joy! Bülent Somay’s new-old text, translated from the Turkish by Bülent himself, takes us into the impenetrable heart of obscure Lacanian psychoanalysis and comes out with clarity, wit and epithetical precision. Theory comes alive here; and along with the fun and games, something dark is brought into the light. - Stephen Frosh, author of Feelings, Psychoanalysis Outside the Clinic, Hauntings and Those Who Come After) With clarity, wit and copious erudition, Bülent Somay brings his critical psychoanalytic eye to our most challenging human relations – the tribulations of sex, love and desire. Somay’s committed sexual politics informs this essential addition to our knowledge of the pleasures and perils of the bonds of desire. Something is Missing is not to be missed. - Lynne Segal, author of Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy. CONTENTS Preface Introduction: Things We don’t Want to Know about Love, Sex and Life Chapter 1. Something is Missing Chapter 2. Knight in Shining Armour Chapter 3. Jealous of You I Am Chapter 4. That Dark/Obscure Object of Desire Chapter 5. ‘There is No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship’ Chapter 6. The Woman does not Exist Anyhow Chapter 7. Silentium Universi Chapter 8. The Truth is Out There/’The Real’ is Out There Somewhere Index

From a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa comes a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution. From the standpoint of revolutionary politics, the Arab Spring can seem like a wasted effort. In Tunisia, where the wave of protest began, as well as in Egypt and the Gulf, regime change never fully took hold. Yet if the Arab Spring failed to disrupt the structures of governments, the movement was transformative in farms, families, and factories, souks and schools. Seamlessly blending field research, on-the-ground interviews, and social theory, Asef Bayat shows how the practice of everyday life in Egypt and Tunisia was fundamentally altered by revolutionary activity. Women, young adults, the very poor, and members of the underground queer community can credit the Arab Spring with steps toward equality and freedom. There is also potential for further progress, as women’s rights in particular now occupy a firm place in public discourse, preventing retrenchment and ensuring that marginalized voices remain louder than in prerevolutionary days. In addition, the Arab Spring empowered workers: in Egypt alone, more than 700,000 farmers unionized during the years of protest. Labor activism brought about material improvements for a wide range of ordinary people and fostered new cultural and political norms that the forces of reaction cannot simply wish away. In Bayat’s telling, the Arab Spring emerges as a paradigmatic case of “refolution”—revolution that engenders reform rather than radical change. Both a detailed study and a moving appeal, Revolutionary Life identifies the social gains that were won through resistance.

This is a compilation of the abstracts of papers presented at the Migration Conference 2021. Please visit migrationconference.net for more details.

This is the first volume of the Proceedings of The Migration Conference 2020. The Migration Conference 2020 was held online due to COVID-19 Pandemic and yet, in over 80 parallel sessions and plenaries key migration debates saw nearly 500 experts from around the world engaging. This collection contains contributions mainly dealing with migration and integration debates. These are only a subset of all presentations from authors who chose to submit full short papers for publication after the conference. Most of the contributions are work in progress and unedited versions. The next migration conference is going to be hosted by Ming-Ai Institute in London, UK. Looking forward to continuing the debates on human mobility after the Pandemic. | www.migrationconference.net | @migrationevent | fb.me/MigrationConference | Email: [email protected]

This is the second volume of the Proceedings of The Migration Conference 2020. The Migration Conference 2020 was held online due to COVID-19 Pandemic and yet, in over 80 parallel sessions and plenaries key migration debates saw nearly 500 experts from around the world engaging. This collection contains contributions mainly dealing with migration and integration debates. These are only a subset of all presentations from authors who chose to submit full short papers for publication after the conference. Most of the contributions are work in progress and unedited versions. The next migration conference is going to be hosted by Ming-Ai Institute in London, UK. Looking forward to continuing the debates on human mobility after the Pandemic. | www.migrationconference.net | @migrationevent | fb.me/MigrationConference | Email: [email protected]

This collective volume contributes to the conceptual understanding of Arab youth and their relationship to politics by making explicit how civic engagement in seemingly ‘apolitical’ fields can be conceived as a form of political activism. In speaking with Algerian, Tunisian, Lebanese, and Syrian youth civic activists who also participated in their country’s uprisings in 2011 or 2019, what is striking is their own insistence on the continuity between direct political protest and their civic engagement. Yet at the same time, these activists almost universally qualify their civic engagement as expressly ‘apolitical’. Such reflections beg two questions: how do youth understand the notion of ‘apolitical’ engagement, and on what premise do they see continuity between political protest and so-called ‘apolitical’ civic engagement? To answer these questions, the studies draw on the analytical tools of practice theory, reconceptualizing ‘youth’ as a generational practice of politics, meaning a ‘competent performance’ of shared knowledge and understandings of what constitutes politics and the political. In conceiving of youth in these terms, this unorthodox collection – representing multidisciplinary and multilinguistic research and blending theoretical and practitioner perspectives – is able to bring to the fore how youth comprehend and indeed dichotomize their collective action with ‘politics’. CONTENTS Introduction - Sarah Anne Rennick Youth and Politics in Bouteflika’s Algeria: Engagement at a Distance from ‘Politics’ - Layla Baamara Hybrid, Culture-based, and Youthful: The New Political Commitment of Youth in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia - Mounir Saidani The Imagined Community of Lebanese Youth Activists: Political Resistance by Other Means? - Khaled Nasser and Sarah Anne Rennick Syrian Revolutionary Youth: The Lost and Found of Political Agency - Hadia Kawikji Is There a Youth Politics? - Asef Bayat

This is a collection of self-selected papers presented at The Migration Conference 2021 London. COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing restrictions and difficulties in international travel forced us to run the TMC online for a second time. It is a new and improving experience for most of us and there is strong hints that the conference will continue in hybrid form in the near future. As usual we have invited participants to submit 2000 words papers for the proceedings book and this volume brings you these papers. Topics covered in the volume includes gender, education, mass movements, refugees, religion, identity, migration policy, culture, diplomacy, remittances, climate, water, environment and pretty much everything about migration. Most of the papers are in English, but there are some in French, Spanish and Turkish too. This is a great book for those who want short accounts on all aspects of migration and refugees.

Newest in the famous series of gay erotic comics and cartoons, including work by Gerard Donelan, Zack, Farrady, John Blackburn and others. With enticing drawings of muscle-bound men accompanying stories of raw and unexpected desire, as well as many humorous strips and panels, this volume of 'Meatmen' has it all.