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East Asian Mothers in Britain

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Over decades, we have witnessed rising educational levels and the growing economic as well as political participation rates of females in many countries. However, gender remains a central marker of social division, and women’s lives in both West and East continue to be moulded by their gender status, in intersection with their race/ethnicity and class .

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    I initially intended to also include women from Taiwan alongside the other Chinese groups. However, I was not able to find any women from Taiwan in the actual recruitment process.

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    Although North Korea belongs to East Asia geographically, it has been excluded in this research. Due to its extremely unique social, economic and political history, North Korea can be an interesting research topic on its own, rather than being blended with other East Asian countries, most of which have been active in accepting Western capitalist ideology , unlike North Korea.

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