「南投縣新住民同心關懷協會」新住民女性適應與培力之研究

近二十年來據內政部統計，臺灣新住民人數逐漸超越原住民，躍升為臺灣第四大族群。然而，這群新住民來臺後所遭遇之困境總是隱晦且不為人知，且對於位處南投縣偏遠地區之新住民女性而言，生活處境則更為艱難，使得她們開始轉往宗教層面尋求慰藉，也因此引起了在地之宗教人士對於新住民女性之關注。而本研究旨在探討，由釋如永比丘尼與當地新住民女性共同於南投縣國姓鄉真巖寺所成立之「南投縣新住民同心關懷協會」，是如何協助當地新住民女性進行培力行動，以及以何種培力觀點來提供新住民女性相關之服務，且得以於偏鄉持續發揮影響力之原因。透過研究者自身參與之觀察經驗以及訪問之結果發現，協會係以「信仰哲學培力觀」來提供新住民女性相關服務，因此關懷動機較為強烈，援助也較為立即性。此外，協會於培力過程中係作為一個平台來提供新住民女性相關之實做機會，進而能夠成為更大成效之自我培力者。而協會之所以能於偏鄉持續發揮影響力之因，即在於宗教魅力型領袖凝聚了協會之向心力，使得協會成員對於組織產生較強烈之認同感、歸屬感，且鼓勵協會成員積極地進行參與社會公益之行為，亦使得協會之社會資本得以持續擴大，衍生出相當之社會效應。

關鍵字

新住民；宗教；培力

並列摘要

According to the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior in the past two decades, the number of new immigrants in Taiwan has gradually surpassed the aborigines and has risen to become the fourth-largest ethnic group in Taiwan. However, the difficulties that this group of new immigrants encountered in Taiwan are always hidden and unknown. Moreover, the women among the new immigrants of the remote areas in Nantou County, their living situations are even worse, which makes them begin to seek religious assistance. Under this circumstance, they aroused the concern of the religious people in the local area. The purpose of this study is to discuss how the “New Immigrants Caring Association in Nantou”, empowering the local new- immigrants, assisting local new immigrants to conduct empowerment action and what kind of perspective is used to provide services for new immigrants women, and the reasons why they can continue to exert influence in the rural areas. Through the observational experience of the researchers themselves and the results of the interviews, it was found that the association provided the services to these females from new immigrants with the concept of “philosophical beliefs”. Therefore, the motivation for care is stronger and the assistance is more immediate. Additionally, the association serves as a platform to provide opportunities for these females to have hands-on experiences to effectively achieve self-empowerment. The reason why the association can continue to exert its influence in these rural areas is that the religious charismatic leaders unite the centripetal spirit of the association, which makes the members of the association have a strong sense of identity and belonging to the organization, and encourages the members of the association to actively participate in the society, which enables the social capital of the association to continue to expand and derive social effects.