Empowering migrant women : why agency and rights are not enough / by Leah Briones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briones, Leah.

Series:

Gender in a global/local world.

Gender in a global/local world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women migrant labor--Philippines.

Women migrant labor.

Foreign workers, Filipino.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on insights from Filipina experiences of domestic work in Paris and Hong Kong, this volume breaks through the polarized thinking and migration-centric policy action on the protection of migrant women domestic workers from abuse to link migrants' rights and victimization with livelihood, migration and development.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; PART I: Victims or Victors? Filipina Domestic Workers in Paris and Hong Kong; 1 Capability and International Labor Migration for Domestic Work; 2 Development: The Structural Context of Global Domestic Work Migration; PART II: Agency and Filipina Overseas Domestic Work; 3 Empty Agency: The Oppressed Third World Woman; 4 Beyond Rights: Embodying and Empowering Agency; PART III: Agency, Capability and Filipina Overseas Domestic Workers; 5 The FODW Institution

6 A Capability Approach to Agency7 Agency, Capability and the Migrant Domestic Worker; PART IV: Conclusion; 8 A Capable Agency Approach: Livelihood, Resources and Human Rights; Appendices; Appendix 1 Respondents' Profiles; Appendix 2 Profiles of NGOs and Associations Contacted during Fieldwork; Appendix 3 Typical Migration Cycle of a Migrant Worker; Appendix 4 RESPECT-Migrant Domestic Workers Charter of Rights: Rights, Equality, Solidarity, Power, Europe, Cooperation, Today; Appendix 5 Interview Schedule (English Version); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Ashgate Pub.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-14415-5

1-315-57939-1

1-282-05462-7

9786612054624

0-7546-9667-7

9781315579399

OCLC:

429912915