Receptores del VEGF

Mabuhay! My name is Lilia Sevillano and I am a Filipina professional who migrated to New Zealand in 2001. I was born and raised in Manila and before moving, I taught with the Literature Department of De La Salle University for 15 years. I am currently a postgraduate student at Massey University, completing this project for the thesis component of my Master of Arts degree in Psychology. I will be supervised by Dr. Leigh Coombes and Dr. Darrin Hodgetts.

Project Description and Invitation

For my research, I am interested in the migrant experiences of skilled Filipinas living in New Zealand. I would like to understand how Filipina professionals make sense of their migration experiences and negotiate their identities as women. I am interested in knowing the challenges women face, or may still be facing, as migrants and Filipinas.

The diverse experiences of migrant Filipina professionals are poorly researched and represented in psychological study and there is a need for your stories to be heard. I would like to invite you to take part in this project by sharing your story and experiences with me.

Participant Identification and Recruitment

You have been invited because of your ethnicity, gender, location, occupation, and because you have indicated an interest and willingness to participate in this study.

Rest assured that you will never be required to do anything you do not want to do, and you will not be required to give more time than you are willing to give.

Project Procedures

If you agree to participate, I would like to have a few kwentuhan sessions with you so that you can share your stories of your migration experiences to New Zealand. We may need 1-2 sessions for this purpose, each lasting from one to two hours. The date, time, and location for our kwentuhan will be arranged between us beforehand. Please consider this before deciding to take part.

We can meet at your home, but if you prefer somewhere else, I will refund (reasonable) travel expenses or provide petrol vouchers (if you drive), and provide a small token of appreciation for your time and effort.

I would like to audio record our kwentuhan so that I can transcribe them into a written document later on. I may also take notes as we talk. If at any point during any of one our sessions, you do not wish to answer or feel uncomfortable, you may ask for the recorder to be turned off. You are very welcome to ask any questions and/or clarifications you may have with the project or interview at any time. You can also withdraw your decision to participate at any time or until one week after the completion of our last kwentuhan, without needing to provide any explanation.

If you agree to participate, I will ask you to sign a consent form. This document states that the study has been explained to you and that you voluntarily participate in it.

Protection of your Information

I will personally transcribe the recordings to ensure the confidentiality of your information. You will retain full ownership of your contribution but in participating you will be making those contributions available for interpretation by me and for use in any future publication. All participants’ details, audio recordings, written transcripts, and researcher’s notes will be stored in a secure location at Massey University. All names and identifying features of people and places within those

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stories will be changed. Pseudonyms for the participants will be used in the transcripts, research report, and any subsequent publications.

The audio recordings and transcripts will be used for the sole purpose of this project and kept only for its duration (no more than 2 years), at the end of which I will dispose of the recordings and transcripts.

Once my results are available, we can meet for another kwentuhan so that I can share these with you and you can review them prior to print. Should you desire a complimentary copy of the final publication, this can be arranged. If you wish it, I can provide you with an electronic or hard copy of the data you have given me for your own personal file.

I will make every effort to ensure your privacy and confidentiality. However, there is a very small chance that someone could identify you. This is a remote possibility, but absolute confidentiality cannot be guaranteed for this study.

Participant’s Rights

You are under no obligation to accept this invitation. If you decide to participate, you have the right to:

x decline to answer any particular question;

x withdraw from the study at any time;

x ask any questions about the study at any time during participation;

x provide information on the understanding that your name will not be used unless you give permission to the researcher;

x be given access to a summary of the project findings when it is concluded.

Project Contacts

Thank you for your time. I look forward to meeting with you and hearing your stories. Please do not hesitate to contact me, or my supervisors, Leigh Coombes and Darrin Hodgetts, at any time if you have any further questions or concerns:

Lilia Sevillano 0211604069

[email protected]

Leigh Coombes School of Psychology

Massey University (06) 356 9009 ext 85075 [email protected]

Darrin Hodgetts School of Psychology

Massey University (09) 4140800 ext 43758 [email protected] Please note:

This project has been evaluated by peer review and judged to be low risk. Consequently, it has not been reviewed by one of the University's Human Ethics Committees. The researcher(s) named in this document are responsible for the ethical conduct of this research.

If you have any concerns about the conduct of this research that you want to raise with someone other than the researcher(s), please contact Dr Brian Finch, Director - Ethics, telephone: 06 3569099 ext 86015, email: [email protected].

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From the Margins: Filipina Skilled Migrants tell their Stories