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Out of Asia: Skilling, Re-Skilling and Deskilling of Female Migrants

Date

2004

Authors

Parvati Raghuram

Abstract

Introduces a special journal issue, "Out of Asia: Skilling Re-Skilling and De-Skilling of Female Migrants." Contributions focus on East-West migration of skilled female labor & look to expand the manner in which female labor migration is viewed & challenge dominant perceptions of Asian migrant women as only care & sex workers; the 'double presence' of women as manifest in their public & private sphere contributions is addressed. Highlighted are the multiple routes through which skilled female workers migrate & the role played by immigration policy, the labor market, & households in driving the postmigration career & personal trajectories of these women. Here, reasons why skilled labor migration must be reconceptualized to include women are articulated before summarizing the essays. 32 References. J. Zendejas

Journal title

Women's Studies International Forum

Volume

27

Issue

2

Page numbers

95-100

Links

Economic sectors

Occupations in services - Domestic work, Other, and General relevance - all sectors

Target groups

Researchers

Geographical focuses

Regional relevance

Spheres of activity

Gender and sexuality studies and Geography

Languages

English