Violence against women migrant workers: Issues, data and partial solutions

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-30

  Shah, Nasra M ^a   Menon, Indu ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUES; GENDER ISUES; MIGRANT WORKERS; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN RESOURCES; ILLEGAL MIGRANTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR FORCE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RECOMMENDATIONS; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS; WORLD;

BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HUMAN RESOURCES; ILLEGAL MIGRANTS; LABOR FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONS; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RECOMMENDATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S STATUS; WORLD;

BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031429675     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719689700600102     Document Type: Article

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