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Author Joo Tan, Shih

Title Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (229 p.)
Series Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Ser
Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Ser
Contents Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Series Editor Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore and Hong Kong -- Research Process: Designing the Study -- Access and Recruitment -- Negotiating Researcher Reflexivity and Power Dynamics -- Translating, Interpreting and Presenting the Participants' Voices -- Migration and Domestic Labour in Singapore and Hong Kong: Past and Present
Emigration of Women into Domestic Labour: Role of the State and the Private Sector -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Women Migrant Domestic Workers in the Home: Tensions Surrounding Intimacy and Labour -- Unwaged and Waged Domestic and Care Labour in the Home -- Domestic and Care Labour as 'Love' Work: Implications for Waged Domestic Workers -- Homes as Public Workplaces -- Employer-Domestic Worker Relationship -- Gender, Domestic Work and Migration: Regulatory Intersections -- Singapore -- Hong Kong -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Gender, Exploitation and Everyday Security
Defining and Responding to Exploitation -- ILO Domestic Worker Convention: Recognising Domestic and Care Work as 'Real' Work -- Public Laws to Address 'Private' Violence against Women -- The Intersection of Law, Gender and Women Migrants' Security -- Gendering Human Security -- Human Security 'from Below': Drawing on Everyday Experience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Women Migrant Domestic Workers and the Everyday Home Workplace -- Introducing the Woman Migrant Domestic Worker -- The Work Destination -- Introducing the (Female) Employer
Employing a 'Stranger' in the Home: Trust, Surveillance, Control and Respect -- 'You Need to Be Able to Trust Her': Building Trust through Surveillance and Control -- Implications of Labour Migration Policies: Passports, Curfews and Pregnancies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Negotiating Everyday Work and Help-Seeking -- Resolving Work-Related Problems: External Institutions -- Placement Agencies as Negotiators and Mediators -- Civil Society Organisations (CSOs): NGOs and Labour Unions as Secondary Sources of Support -- Exiting Employment: Contract Movement and 'Transfers'
Negotiating Protection and Security through Formal Mechanisms -- Seeking Help from Authorities: Workers' Reflections -- The Consequences of Seeking Justice: Implications for Employment and Financial Security -- Motivation to Report -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Rethinking Gendered Labour Exploitation and Safe Work -- 'Exploitation' as Identified by Industry Stakeholders -- 'Exploitation' as Identified by Women Migrant Domestic Workers -- Restricted Freedom to Socialise: Social Isolation and Limitations on Communication Devices -- Overworking and Excessive Working Hours
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Working on Rest Days
Subject Women household employees -- China -- Hong Kong
Women foreign workers -- China -- Hong Kong
Women household employees -- Singapore
Women foreign workers -- Singapore
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000772647
1000772640