The vulnerability of Asian women migrant workers to a lack of protection and to violence

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-75

  Cox, David ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANTS; DOMESTIC STATUS; DOMESTIC WORKERS; GENDER ISSUES; MIGRANT WORKERS; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; POLICY; RECOMMENDATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; POLICY; RECOMMENDATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0031412491     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719689700600104     Document Type: Article

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