Workers not maids - organising household workers in Mexico

Gender and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-293

  Thomson, Marilyn ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decent work; Domestic service; Domestic household workers; Gender; Informal economy; Women workers organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349814650     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552070903009783     Document Type: Article

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