When the light of the home is abroad: Unskilled female migration and the Filipino family

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-215

  Asis, Maruja Milagros B ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^b   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^b  

^a Scalabrini Migration Center   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Migration; Philippines; Singapore; Transnational domestic workers

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER IDENTITY; MIGRANT WORKER; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3843108236     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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