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1. 1. “The Filipina is a fighter, a fighter for her rights, a fighter for her freedom to work and freedom to express herself” : An anthropological study about the feminization of migration in the Philippines

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

   Author : Beatrice Maurin; [2014]
   Keywords : Female migration; The Philippines; Gender roles; Mother; Wife; Daughter; Gender obligations.;

   Abstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor Field Study with the purpose to examine the transnational labour migration by women in the Philippines who seek temporary employment abroad but plan to return to the Philippines after their contracts expired. The thesis is based on three months of anthropological fieldwork primarily in Manila between January and March 2013, using interviews and observations as my main methodological tool. READ MORE