Cross-border childcare strategies of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 960-978

  Kusakabe, Kyoko ^a   Pearson, Ruth ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burma; care; children; labor migration; Thailand; women

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CHILD CARE; CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL RIGHTS; EDUCATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER;

MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 84890425881     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2012.753582     Document Type: Article

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