Women of a Lesser Cost: Female Labour, Foreign Exchange and Philippine Development - Couverture rigide

Chant, Sylvia; McIlwaine, Cathy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745309461 ISBN 13 : 9780745309460

Editeur : Pluto Press, 1995

Synopsis

This study explores the links among women's employment, migration and household organization. Female labour-force participation has long been recognized as depending on a broad spectrum of social, economic and demographic factors. Drawing on over 400 interviews with workers, households, and employers in the Philippine Visayas, this book provides insights for theories about women's work, with a focus on implications for gender roles and relations. Looking at three activities critical to the generation of foreign exchange - export manufacturing, international tourism, and sex work - it provides a systematic investigation of the ways in which women's incorporation into different sectors is affected by their social, demographic and economic circumstances, asking whether different jobs are associated with new migration and household patterns. The authors show that despite the embeddedness of gender inequalities in all these spheres, Filipino women do stand to gain some benefit from increased demand for their labour.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745309461
• ISBN 13: 9780745309460
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible