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UNINA9910782811803321 |
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Autore |
Briones Leah |
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Empowering migrant women : why agency and rights are not enough / / Leah Briones |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-317-14415-5 |
1-315-57939-1 |
1-282-05462-7 |
9786612054624 |
0-7546-9667-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gender in a global/local world |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women migrant labor - Philippines |
Foreign workers, Philippine |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2009 by Ashgate Pub. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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); |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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