Development (Basingstoke)
Volume 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-84

Women migrant workers transforming local communities: The iloilo women's group (Article)

Villalba M.-A.*
  • a Unlad-Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation Inc, Philippines

Abstract

May-an Villalba tells the tale of a migrant woman worker from Iloilo who becomes a member of a Hong Kong savings group formed among domestic workers who had migrated from the same community. She is now managing a business set up by this migrant savings group in Passi, Iloilo. This account outlines the NGO support received from the Asian Migrant Centre and Unlad-Kabayan and explores the challenges and struggles associated with migrant reintegration and community economic development in Iloilo. © 2002 The Society for International Development.

Author Keywords

Migrants remittances Community enterprises Alternative investments Savings groups

Index Keywords

womens employment migrants remittance Malaysia womens organization migrant worker Savings
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0036130795&doi=10.1057%2fpalgrave.development.1110322&partnerID=40&md5=5df0a22b93de3d284b455322e184d3a1
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110322
ISSN: 10116370
Original Language: English