An exploratory study on the motivations for migration among foreign domestic workers in Singapore

• Main Author: Lok, Germaine
• Other Authors: Xiao Hong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62426
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores the dynamics and mechanisms behind women’s labour migration to Singapore as a Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW), examining women’s autonomy in the decision-making process, the reasons and motivations for their decision, as well as the variables leading to them to be engaged in circul...