This paper examines the global and structural forces facilitating the movement of female migrant domestic workers (FMDWs) from developing regions to southern Europe and the Levant. At the intersection of welfare state, childcare, gender and migration regimes, we can identify a cross-Mediterranean domestic worker model. It has important implications for the magnitude, composition (in terms of national background and live-in vs. live-out work), legal status and mobilization of the region's FMDWs. Their roles in global migration flows and national labour markets, as explained in the existing literature, are examined, followed by case comparison of Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Bakaniene, Indre, Dominiak-Swigon, Martyna, Meneses da Silva Santos, Miguel Augusto, Pantazatos, Dimitris, Grammatikou, Mary, Montanari, Marco, Virgili, Irene, Galeoto, Giovanni, Flocco, Paolo, Bernabei, Laura, and Prasauskiene, Audrone
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected education at all levels in various ways. This paper provides a review of the literature on the challenges of online learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Method: In total, 17 studies from nine countries were analysed. The challenges of online learning for children with SEND reported by teachers and parents and the strategies applied to overcome the challenges were identified. Results: The challenges of online learning were the need of parental support, routine change, inequities of resources and access to technology, lack of accommodations, and social isolation. There was a considerable lack of interventions aimed at promoting the educational outcomes of children with SEND. Conclusions: The findings emphasise the importance of parent-teacher collaboration and communication. Suggestions for strategies to address challenges as well as for further research are also discussed.
Zagana, E., Kuells, Ch., Udluft, P., and Constantinou, C.
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GROUNDWATER recharge, CONSERVATION of natural resources, WATER balance (Hydrology)
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The article describes the water balance method of groundwater recharge in three different environments in the eastern Mediterranean. A discussion of the groundwater recharge which was seen in Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan and the water balance model which was used in the areas for groundwater recharge estimations is presented. The use of the water balance model as an important tool for the management of the limited natural water resources, which require a detailed understanding of regional hydrogeological processes is discussed.