- Lisbon, Portugal
Shukriya Nazridod
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Social Work, Department Member
- American University of Central Asia, Sociology, UndergraduateUniversity of Stavanger, Departement of Social Science, Department Memberadd
- I completed my bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. My thesis focused on understanding the effects of parental migration on the wellbeing of those children who are left behind with their extended families in Khorog, Tajikistan. I than continued my education by pursuing MA in Social Work with Families and Children, a joint Erasmus Mundus Masters programme developed by ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (I... moreI completed my bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. My thesis focused on understanding the effects of parental migration on the wellbeing of those children who are left behind with their extended families in Khorog, Tajikistan. I than continued my education by pursuing MA in Social Work with Families and Children, a joint Erasmus Mundus Masters programme developed by ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), University of Gothenburg (UGOT), University of Stavanger (UiS) and Makerere University (MU). My research focus endured on the field of migration in Tajikistan, more precisely on giving voice to the children growing up without the presence of their parents in labour migration, meaning, their own understandings and feelings in relation to being left behind, an important aspect that has been largely ignored in the migration discipline. I conducted my fieldwork in Tajikistan.
My current research interests are: migration in the context of Tajikistan, left behind children as a consequence of parental migration in Tajikistan, resilience in left behind children and the role of gender in their experiencesedit
Studies on the consequences of migration often ignore the perspectives of children and adolescents who remain in the origin country while their migrant parents are absent. This is the case in Tajikistan, one of the poorest and most... more
Studies on the consequences of migration often ignore the perspectives of children and adolescents who remain in the origin country while their migrant parents are absent. This is the case in Tajikistan, one of the poorest and most remittance-dependent countries in the world. Using a qualitative methodology, micro-ethnography, we interviewed eight teenagers aged between 12 and 18, in the city of Khorugh, Tajikistan, to explore the impact of migration from their perspective. Findings reveal that these adolescents "understand" the reasons for their parents' migration in a way that both gives coherence to this migration and invests young people with resilience and coping strategies. As a result, all the young people naturalised having to live with sadness, reflecting the "normalization" of this social cost in wider Tajik society. However, the experiences and coping strategies of those interviewed are gendered; boys were more likely to 'rationalise' their experience and be aloof; girls more likely to express emotional upset. In practical terms, boys also received more benefits from remittances while girls reported feeling overwhelmed by domestic chores expected of them. Through this study, we contribute to the recent literature on the lived experiences and agency of non-migrant teenagers. 2/35
