Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law

Ayesha Shahid

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    Abstract

    Domestic work, the provision of caring work in the intimate, domestic sphere, is work that continues to be undertaken primarily by women and increasingly by migrant women. The expected reduction in demand for paid domestic workers has not materialised, leading some to ask whether the emergence of ‘global care chains’ should be assessed as a major defeat for feminist movements or as ‘unnished business’. Combined with the movement of women into paid employment, the retreat from welfare state supports in Western Europe has produced care economies that are increasingly reliant on the outsourcing of intimate, reproductive labour. A range of factors has contributed to the demand for paid domestic labour, including population ageing, changing household structures, increasing female participation in the labour market, difculties in reconciling paid employment and caring for dependants, and the availability of a exible, low-cost, female (and mainly migrant) work force.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCare, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice
    EditorsSiobhán Mullally
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherTaylor and Francis
    Pages150-170
    Number of pages21
    ISBN (Electronic)9781317646037
    ISBN (Print)9781138792869
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2015

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    Pakistan
    migrant
    worker
    Law
    labor
    work force
    demand
    outsourcing
    Western Europe
    welfare state
    labor market
    participation
    economy
    costs

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    Shahid, A. (2015). Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law. In S. Mullally (Ed.), Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice (pp. 150-170). London: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315761725

    Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law. / Shahid, Ayesha.

    Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice. ed. / Siobhán Mullally. London : Taylor and Francis, 2015. p. 150-170.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    Shahid, A 2015, Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law. in S Mullally (ed.), Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 150-170. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315761725
    Shahid A. Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law. In Mullally S, editor, Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice. London: Taylor and Francis. 2015. p. 150-170 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315761725
    Shahid, Ayesha. / Migrant filipino domestic workers in Pakistan; Agency, rights and the limits of the law. Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice. editor / Siobhán Mullally. London : Taylor and Francis, 2015. pp. 150-170
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