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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 325-347 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Social Politics |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 10 Jun 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2019 |
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Decent care for migrant households : policy alternatives to Sri Lanka's Family Background Report. / Withers, Matt.
In: Social Politics, Vol. 26, No. 3, 01.09.2019, p. 325-347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Decent care for migrant households
T2 - Social Politics
AU - Withers, Matt
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Domestic worker migration can profoundly reconfigure unpaid care arrangements within migrant households, often exacerbating gendered inequalities in providing and receiving care. While the International Labor Organization has led rights advocacy around migrant domestic work, there remains a dearth of attention to the relationship between feminized migration and unpaid care. In Sri Lanka, this policy space has been occupied by the Family Background Report: a series of regulations that reinforce maternal caregiving by restricting the migration of women with young children. An alternative “decent care” approach, involving investment in local care infrastructure, could yield multiple benefits while promoting a gender-inclusive decent work agenda.
AB - Domestic worker migration can profoundly reconfigure unpaid care arrangements within migrant households, often exacerbating gendered inequalities in providing and receiving care. While the International Labor Organization has led rights advocacy around migrant domestic work, there remains a dearth of attention to the relationship between feminized migration and unpaid care. In Sri Lanka, this policy space has been occupied by the Family Background Report: a series of regulations that reinforce maternal caregiving by restricting the migration of women with young children. An alternative “decent care” approach, involving investment in local care infrastructure, could yield multiple benefits while promoting a gender-inclusive decent work agenda.
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U2 - 10.1093/sp/jxz024
DO - 10.1093/sp/jxz024
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 325
EP - 347
JO - Social Politics
JF - Social Politics
SN - 1072-4745
IS - 3
ER -