Part I. The context -- Key concepts in stepwise international labor migration -- Origin stories -- Global but uneven : the market for migrant domestic workers -- Part II. The actors -- Stepwise journeys, compared, and contrasted -- The world according to migrant domestic workers -- Inside the...

The global migration of Filipino domestic workersThe international division of reproductive labor -- The transnational family -- Gender and intergenerational relations -- Contradictory class mobility -- The crisis of masculinity -- The aging of migrant domestic workers.

The book is largely based on interviews with domestic workers, but the book also powerfully portrays the larger economic picture as domestic workers from developing countries increasingly come to perform the menial labor of the global economy. This is often done at great cost to the relations...

Organisations and scholars have recently drawn attention to what they call a modern form of slavery, ''domestic slavery''. Domestic workers in Europe and elsewhere live and work in appalling conditions and are vulnerable to abuse. This article describes the problem, presents the relevant legal...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE GLOBAL MIGRATION OF FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS -- Chapter 2: THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE LABOR -- Chapter 3: THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY -- Chapter 4: GENDER AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS -- Chapter 5: CONTRADICTORY CLASS MOBILITY --...

This paper is a study of the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee viz., the domestic worker. It probes into the international conventions and Indian laws that are concerned with such work. It winds up by cautioning the legislative and legal fraternities to ensure that...