Human rights and migrant domestic work : a comparative analysis of the socio-legal status of Filipina migrant domestic workers in Canada and Hong Kong /
On a general level, this research project concerns ways in which the domestic and international laws relating to the situation of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are shaped by broader socio-political and economic factors.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
2005.
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| Series: | Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ;
v. 24. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABSTRACT; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ACRONYMS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 2. THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO THE SITUATION OF FILIPINA MDWS; CHAPTER 3. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS AND MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS; CHAPTER 4. "GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK, GOOD ENOUGH TO STAY"? CANADA'S LIVE-INCAREGIVER PROGRAM AND ITSQUESTIONABLE FEATURES; CHAPTER 5. SOME ARE LESS EQUAL THAN OTHERS: THE SOCIO-LEGAL STATUS OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN HONG KONG.
- CHAPTER 6. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE SITUATION OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN CANADA AND HONG KONGCHAPTER 7. EXPLAINING THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ILL-TREATMENT OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS: A TWAIL ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 8. THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS: QUO VADIS?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ANNEXES.
