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040 _cCUS
082 _a331.40899921
_bBRI/E
100 _aBriones, Leah
245 0 _aEmpowering migrant women: why agency and rights are not enough /
_cLeah Briones
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bAshgate,
_c2009.
300 _a231 p.
505 _aCover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; PART I: Victims or Victors? Filipina Domestic Workers in Paris and Hong Kong; 1 Capability and International Labor Migration for Domestic Work; 2 Development: The Structural Context of Global Domestic Work Migration; PART II: Agency and Filipina Overseas Domestic Work; 3 Empty Agency: The Oppressed Third World Woman; 4 Beyond Rights: Embodying and Empowering Agency; PART III: Agency, Capability and Filipina Overseas Domestic Workers; 5 The FODW Institution. 6 A Capability Approach to Agency7 Agency, Capability and the Migrant Domestic Worker; PART IV: Conclusion; 8 A Capable Agency Approach: Livelihood, Resources and Human Rights; Appendices; Appendix 1 Respondents' Profiles; Appendix 2 Profiles of NGOs and Associations Contacted during Fieldwork; Appendix 3 Typical Migration Cycle of a Migrant Worker; Appendix 4 RESPECT-Migrant Domestic Workers Charter of Rights: Rights, Equality, Solidarity, Power, Europe, Cooperation, Today; Appendix 5 Interview Schedule (English Version); Bibliography; Index.
650 _aForeign workers -- Philippine
_xWomen migrant labor -- Philippines
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