What the papers say: Representing violence against overseas contract workers

Violence Against Women

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 698-722

  Hilsdon, Anne Marie ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Filipino domestic workers; Overseas contract workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038519121     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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