Gender and migration policies in southeast and east asia: Legal protection and sociocultural empowerment of unskilled migrant women

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-231

  Piper, Nicola ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Gender; Labour migration; Migrants' rights; NGOs; Policies

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 3843094168     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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