Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters

Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters

Domestic work is often excluded from the protections afforded to migrant workers through national and international laws, and this has led to exploitation and abuse. This NTS Insight investigates the dynamics of the migrant-domestic-worker sector by examining the experiences of Filipino and Indonesi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cook, Alistair David Blair, Dumienski, Zbigniew, Hangzo, Pau Khan Khup
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Migration
Southeast Asia
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83035
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45054
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
id sg-ntu-dr.10356-83035
record_format dspace
spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-830352020-11-01T08:43:18Z Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters Cook, Alistair David Blair Dumienski, Zbigniew Hangzo, Pau Khan Khup S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Migration Southeast Asia Domestic work is often excluded from the protections afforded to migrant workers through national and international laws, and this has led to exploitation and abuse. This NTS Insight investigates the dynamics of the migrant-domestic-worker sector by examining the experiences of Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. It explains why domestic work remains unrecognised and poorly regulated, reviews current protection measures and charts potential ways forward to address the most common protection needs of migrant domestic workers. 2018-07-04T01:53:41Z 2019-12-06T15:10:37Z 2018-07-04T01:53:41Z 2019-12-06T15:10:37Z 2011 Working Paper Cook, A. D. B., Hangzo, P. K. K., & Dumienski, Z. (2011). Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters. (RSIS NTS Insight May 2011). Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83035 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45054 en Nanyang Technological University 10 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider NTU Library
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic Migration
Southeast Asia
spellingShingle Migration
Southeast Asia
Cook, Alistair David Blair
Dumienski, Zbigniew
Hangzo, Pau Khan Khup
Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
description Domestic work is often excluded from the protections afforded to migrant workers through national and international laws, and this has led to exploitation and abuse. This NTS Insight investigates the dynamics of the migrant-domestic-worker sector by examining the experiences of Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. It explains why domestic work remains unrecognised and poorly regulated, reviews current protection measures and charts potential ways forward to address the most common protection needs of migrant domestic workers.
author2 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
author_facet S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Cook, Alistair David Blair
Dumienski, Zbigniew
Hangzo, Pau Khan Khup
format Working Paper
author Cook, Alistair David Blair
Dumienski, Zbigniew
Hangzo, Pau Khan Khup
author_sort Cook, Alistair David Blair
title Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
title_short Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
title_full Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
title_fullStr Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
title_full_unstemmed Legal protection for Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
title_sort legal protection for southeast asian migrant domestic workers: why it matters
publishDate 2018
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83035
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45054
_version_ 1688665298879643648

Similar Items