Human Rights and Migrant Domestic Work : : A Comparative Analysis of the Socio-Legal Status of Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers in Canada and Hong Kong / / Maria Deanna P. Santos.

On a general level, this research project concerns ways in which the domestic and international laws relating to the situation of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are shaped by broader socio-political and economic factors. More specifically, this dissertation examines the human rights situation of Fi...

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Superior document:The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library ; 24
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2005.
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library ; 24.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABSTRACT
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF ACRONYMS
  • PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
  • CHAPTER 2. THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO THE SITUATION OF FILIPINA MDWS
  • CHAPTER 3. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS AND MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS
  • CHAPTER 4. "GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK, GOOD ENOUGH TO STAY"? CANADA'S LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM AND ITS QUESTIONABLE FEATURES
  • CHAPTER 5. SOME ARE LESS EQUAL THAN OTHERS: THE SOCIOLEGAL STATUS OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN
  • HONG KONG
  • CHAPTER 6. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE SITUATION OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN CANADA AND HONG KONG
  • CHAPTER 7. EXPLAINING THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ILL-TREATMENT OF FILIPINA MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS: A TWAIL ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER 8. THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS: QUO VADIS?
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ANNEXES.