Migration and domestic work : the collective organisation of women and their voices from the city

With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women from 28 different nations and 10 different religious affiliations. Together they tell how patriarchal and religious gender codes in the family and at work...

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Main Authors Yilmaz, Gaye (Author), Ledwith, Sue (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Subjects
Urban women > Social conditions.
Women household employees.
Women immigrants.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319516493
9783319516486
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Migrating Women and Domestic Work: Starting Our Exploration
  • Chapter 2. Women Migrating to London, Berlin, Istanbul
  • A Research Study
  • Chapter 3. Dreams Dashed but Not Forgotten
  • Chapter 4. Migrating Women's Working Lives, Rights and Social Protections
  • Chapter 5. Identity, Belonging, Discrimination, Racism, Sexism and Exclusion
  • Chapter 6. Gender, Family and Religion
  • Chapter 7. Family and Gender, Religion and Work
  • Chapter 8. Migrant Women's Collectivism: The Diaspora and Community Organising
  • Chapter 9. Migrant Women, Collectivism, and Trade Unions
  • Chapter 10. Prospects for Women Migrant Domestic Workers.

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