Essays about: "migrant domestic work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words migrant domestic work.

  1. 1. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Covid-19 and Ukrainian seasonal migrant workers in Poland : A case study of livelihoods and coping strategies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Amanda Tydesjö; [2021]
    Keywords : Ukrainian seasonal migrant workers; Poland; Ukraine; Covid-19; Corona pandemic; Sustainable Livelihood Approach; Coping strategies; Migration livelihood strategy; Migration labour; Migration; Resilience; Sustainability; Livelihood; Poverty alleviation; Livelihood outcomes;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic that erupted in 2020 has impacted most livelihoods and increased poverty levels worldwide. This thesis considers the impact which the Corona pandemic has had on Ukrainian seasonal migrant workers’ livelihoods in Poland. READ MORE

  4. 3. Are they an advantage - or taken advantage of?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Migrant seasonal workers; Swedish agriculture; dependence; fixed effects; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 2019, migrant seasonal workers from outside the EU constituted approximately twenty percent of the hired workforce within the agricultural sector in Sweden. However, the total share of migrant seasonal workers is assumed to be even greater. READ MORE

  5. 4. Trapped in Forced Labor and Discrimination: Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers under the Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and Cambodia on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Vongdarareach Chhour; [2020]
    Keywords : Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers; Cambodia; Malaysia; Memorandum of Understanding; ILO Convention No.189 ; International labor standards; International human rights standards; Terms and conditions of employment; Admission procedures and recruitment practices; Access to justice; Forced labor; Trafficking in Persons; Discrimination in respect of employment and occupation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following the suspension of sending Cambodian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) to Malaysia in 2011, Cambodian and Malaysia have recently promulgated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers. The purpose of this study is to examine the implications of the MOU on the human rights of Cambodian MDWs and to assess the compatibility of the MOU with International Human Rights Law. READ MORE

  6. 5. Intersecting Oppressions of Migrant Domestic Workers : (In)Securities of Female Migration to Lebanon

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Janine Gunzelmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Gendered Migration; Migrant Domestic Workers; Intersectionality; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis explores the intersection of powers that create (in)secure female migration to Lebanon. It contributes to a growing literature corpus about the lives of women, originating from South/ South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, who migrate to Lebanon to work in the domestic work sector. READ MORE