Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
Volume 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-253

Ethnic and gender relations in Hong Kong: The work experiences of recent Mainland Chinese immigrant women (Article)

Lee W.K.M.*
  • a Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

Abstract

This article examines the experiences of paid work and unpaid work of recent Mainland Chinese immigrant women in Hong Kong by looking at how institutional and social organizational processes in Hong Kong affect immigrant women. Using information derived from in-depth interviews of 20 recent Mainland Chinese immigrant women and selected family members, the paper investigates how these women's lives have been transformed due to differences in the social organization of paid and unpaid work, as well as discriminatory policies and practices that underline their experiences.

Author Keywords

[No Keywords available]

Index Keywords

womens employment labor migration World China gender relations Eurasia Hong Kong Far East ethnicity migrants experience Eastern Hemisphere womens status gender role Asia immigrant population

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-13244279463&doi=10.1177%2f011719680401300205&partnerID=40&md5=6d11da52cd149b7cc22295459cbf3ef4

DOI: 10.1177/011719680401300205
ISSN: 01171968
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English