Human and social livelihood to increase resilience among migrant women - case study of managing human disaster
Abstract
South Africa is a country that is perceived by many as a progressive democratic country with one of the highest Human Development Indexes (HDI) according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The influx of international migrants including women in South Africa has continued unabated due to socio-economic and geo-political situation in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper discusses how the migrant women utilised the human and social livelihood capitals to cope and adapt in South Africa. A case study of 332 randomly sampled migrant women from 23 Sub Saharan Africa countries resident in six metropolitan cities of South Africa explores how it was possible for migrant women to cope and adapt.
Multi variant analysis of the human and social livelihood capital factors identified was done and rated after the migrant women ranked them. The results indicated that the human and social capitals factors were acquired in their home countries, developed and nurtured in the host country as coping and adaptation mechanisms.
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