Tribal Female Migration and Changing Livelihood Pattern: Social Citizenship Perspective

Abstract

Methodologically this paper is based on the preliminary surveys, conceptual frameworks and secondary sources related to social citizenship, migration and livelihood.  This paper has four parts. The first part dealt with the theoretical understanding and different dimensions of social citizenship and its interface in a societal structure in Rural and Urban Set-up concerning modified citizenship, which associated with the phenomenology of migration. The second part is dealing with the changing phenomenon of nationality and social citizenship about the social/indigenous groups (specifically tribal female) who are migrating from rural-semi urban- to urban areas in search of better livelihood and social change. It also explains migration as a social process and social change as old as the history of a human kind based on positive and negative factors. It also addresses the decision of an individual/group belong to an indigenous group (tribes) to migrate, which is often complicated and involve many pushes and pull factors because of changed livelihood profile area-wise. The right of the migrants, in forced migration, becomes noticeable in this light. The responsibility on the part of the governments to protect the victims and devising strategies for protection of those migrant's rights then becomes a significant result. Lastly, analysis, suggestions and conclusion have drawn by linkages mentioned above in various frameworks.