Workplace hazards and health among informally employed domestic workers in 14 cities, United States, 2011-2012: using four approaches to characterize workers' patterns of exposures
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DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23433
Abstract: ObjectivesWe characterized informally employed US domestic workers (DWers) exposure to patterns of workplace hazards, as well as singular hazards, and examined associations with DWers work-related and general health. MethodsWe analyzed cross-sectional data from the sole… read more here.
Keywords: domestic workers; health; workplace hazards; informally employed ... See more keywords
Attiya Ahmad. Everyday Conversations: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017). Pp. 288. $25.95 paper. ISBN 9780822363446.
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DOI: 10.1017/rms.2018.64
Abstract: Why do women from India and Nepal migrate to Kuwait? What are their work arrangements? How many of them convert and what explains their conversion to Islam? This book makes a unique contribution to our… read more here.
Keywords: work; south asian; ahmad; domestic workers ... See more keywords
Domestic Workers and Foreign Occupation: Haitian Servants, US Marines, and Conflicts over Labor and Empire in Haiti, 1915–1934
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DOI: 10.1017/s0147547919000152
Abstract: Abstract During the US military occupation of Haiti, domestic workers performed the crucial labor that allowed Marine households, the city of Port-au-Prince, and the entire country to function. In this sense, they represented a human… read more here.
Keywords: occupation; labor; workers foreign; foreign occupation ... See more keywords
Foreign domestic workers providing long-term care for frail seniors at home
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DOI: 10.1017/s1041610218000078
Abstract: We read the article on “‘I can't do this alone’: a study on foreign domestic workers providing long-term care for frail seniors at home” with a great interest (Tam et al., 2017). Tam et al.… read more here.
Keywords: foreign domestic; long term; providing long; domestic workers ... See more keywords
Voices of domestic workers in Calcutta
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DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2020.1812457
Abstract: Abstract This research examines the experiences of female domestic workers in Calcutta, India, with a focus on the relationships between the workers and their female employers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty female domestic workers… read more here.
Keywords: exploitation; workers calcutta; domestic workers; voices domestic ... See more keywords
Structure as Depressant: Theorizing Narratives of Mental Health among Migrant Domestic Workers
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1767448
Abstract: ABSTRACT Articulating that domestic workers in Singapore are marked by their subalternity, erased from the hegemonic discursive spaces in spite of their visibility as objects in the neoliberal economy, this manuscript draws on the culture-centered… read more here.
Keywords: domestic workers; structure depressant; health; mental health ... See more keywords
Exploring Foreign Domestic Workers' Perceived Contextual Factors That Influence Their Participation in Medical Consultations: An Ecological Lens.
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2162233
Abstract: Foreign domestic workers have reported various health problems after moving to Hong Kong, which suggests the need for them to seek medical attention. Yet, much uncertainty exists about their perception of healthcare experiences as patients,… read more here.
Keywords: domestic workers; contextual factors; perceived contextual; workers perceived ... See more keywords
Household Social Mobility for Paid Domestic Workers and Other Low-Skilled Women Employed in South Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2017.1414951
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores the theme of patronage by examining how the social mobility prospects of paid domestic workers differ from other vulnerable low-skilled black and colored women in post-apartheid South Africa. The literature provides… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; paid domestic; social mobility; domestic workers ... See more keywords
Human Mobility, COVID-19, and Policy Responses: The rights and Claims-Making of Migrant Domestic workers
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2020.1849763
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article aims to explore policy responses to the early phase of the COVID-19 crisis, with a particular focus on disparate outcomes for international migrant domestic workers (MDWs). Through an analysis of interviews conducted… read more here.
Keywords: social protection; domestic workers; migrant domestic; claims making ... See more keywords
Indonesian migrant domestic workers in transnational political spaces: agency, gender roles and social class formation
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2016.1274567
Abstract: ABSTRACT The focus of this article is a cluster of grassroots movements and networks of networks: the Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers (ATKI) based in Hong Kong. By using Kelly's [2007. Filipino Migration, Transnationalism and… read more here.
Keywords: transnational political; indonesian migrant; class; social class ... See more keywords
Absent men: paid domestic work, sexual exploitation and male domination in the family in the USA
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DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2017.1293941
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article analyzes the sexual exploitation of paid domestic workers in the US through the lens of male domination in employing families. Departing from the dominant tendency in studies of paid domestic work to… read more here.
Keywords: sexual exploitation; domestic workers; paid domestic; male domination ... See more keywords