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‘Frustrated and displaced’: Filipina domestic workers in Canada

Date

1998

Authors

Nona Grandea and Joanna Kerr

Abstract

This article examines the case of Filipina domestic workers in Canada based on a participatory
action research study that the authors carried out with Filipina domestic workers in 1996. The
Philippines has been a major supplier of migrant labour and is one of the principal sources of
foreign domestic workers in Canada.

Journal title

Gender and Development

Volume

6

Issue

1

Page numbers

7-12

Publisher

Oxfam GB

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Economic sectors

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Content types

Policy analysis

Target groups

Policymakers, Researchers, Unions, and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks

Geographical focuses

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, Nova Scotia, and National relevance

Spheres of activity

Gender and sexuality studies, Law, Political science, and Sociology

Languages

English