Support services and the integration of immigrants women in Eastern Vantaa
Elizabeth Ngoye, Befeh (2012)
Elizabeth Ngoye, Befeh
Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205036054
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205036054
Tiivistelmä
Befeh Elizabeth Ngoye, Support Services and the Integration of Immigrant Women in Eastern Vantaa Language: English. Jarvenpää Spring 2012. Pages 62 Appendix I, II
Diakonia University of Applied Sciences. Degree Program in Social Services
The main aim of this study was to examine how the immigrant services support the immigrant women in their integration process and to find out the services that support most in the integration process. The thesis aims at raising an awareness on the important factors that facilitates the integration process.
The study followed a qualitative research method with open-ended questions. Two different groups of people were interviewed. Three social workers working with immigrants and three immigrant women and the result concentrated on their opinions rather than generalizing how the services support all the immigrants women in Eastern Vantaa in the integration process.
The acculturation process of the three women is analyzes base on attitude towards Finns and Finnish society, social networks, employment, the use of Finnish language and their basic health. It is most probably that their integration is satisfactory in general, even though there are certain obstacles that weaken the integration process. Most previous studies have predictions concerning of acculturation processes, particularly in the fields of economics and social structure but the acculturation situation is the most complex of all contact situations and the key to an understanding of what may happen can be study base on what happens in simpler situations. In the future simpler situation such as the adaptation to the dark and long winter, change of food type, dressing etc can be investigated.
Keywords: Acculturation, integration, separation, exclusion, marginalization, multiculturalism, melting pot
Diakonia University of Applied Sciences. Degree Program in Social Services
The main aim of this study was to examine how the immigrant services support the immigrant women in their integration process and to find out the services that support most in the integration process. The thesis aims at raising an awareness on the important factors that facilitates the integration process.
The study followed a qualitative research method with open-ended questions. Two different groups of people were interviewed. Three social workers working with immigrants and three immigrant women and the result concentrated on their opinions rather than generalizing how the services support all the immigrants women in Eastern Vantaa in the integration process.
The acculturation process of the three women is analyzes base on attitude towards Finns and Finnish society, social networks, employment, the use of Finnish language and their basic health. It is most probably that their integration is satisfactory in general, even though there are certain obstacles that weaken the integration process. Most previous studies have predictions concerning of acculturation processes, particularly in the fields of economics and social structure but the acculturation situation is the most complex of all contact situations and the key to an understanding of what may happen can be study base on what happens in simpler situations. In the future simpler situation such as the adaptation to the dark and long winter, change of food type, dressing etc can be investigated.
Keywords: Acculturation, integration, separation, exclusion, marginalization, multiculturalism, melting pot