Essays about: "migration domestic workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words migration domestic workers.

1. 1. How joyful militancy takes shape in feminist movements in Spain : A discourse analysis of Territorio Doméstico

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Cristina Alvarez Pascual; [2023]
   Keywords : Joyful militancy; Migration; Care; Domestic work; Discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyse how joyful militancy, characterized by care, joy and affection in the struggle, is embedded in the discourse created by Territorio Doméstico, a feminist movement formed by domestic workers in Spain. Through discourse analysis of songs and images of Territorio Doméstico, this study shows how meanings constructed through discourses build collective identities and challenge hegemonic discourses on domestic and care work and on migrants. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Female household worker's own perceptions of remittances as a sustainable livelihood : A case study of migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Emma-stina Carlert Blomqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable livelihoods; Remittances; Female Household workers; Perceptions; Saudi Arabia;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the perceptions of female migrant household workers situated in Saudi Arabia and how remittances can be a sustainable livelihood for them and their households. There has been limited research surrounding female household workers' own perceptions of sustainable livelihoods and particularly of those situated in Saudi Arabia. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Caroline Älmeby; [2020]
   Keywords : Hong Kong; Foreign Domestic Worker; Filipino; Caregiving; Abuse; Exploitation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. READ MORE