Development
Volume 36, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 37-40

Who benefits, who profits? Domestic workers in transient overseas employment (Article)

Heyzer N. , Wee V.
  • a Gender and Development Programme, APDC, Kuala Lumpur
  • b AWARE, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Noeleen Heyzer and Vivienne Wee examine the magnitude and future of the maid trade by collating data on the extent of the trade in the Asian region. They analyze the different gains and problems faced by the actors involved: the sending countries, receiving countries, recruitment agencies, employers and their households, the domestic workers' own families and kin, and the domestic worker herself.

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Index Keywords

domestic workers employment problem domestic work Asian workers overseas employment labour migration Women Asia
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ISSN: 10116370
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English