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- Title
'Mom is a Stranger': The Negative Impact of Immigration Policies on the Family Life of Filipina Domestic Workers.
- Authors
Cohen, Rina
- Abstract
Drawing on data from twenty-one in-depth interviews, government documents, and secondary sources, this study examines the consequences of current immigration policies on the life of Filipina domestic workers and their families. In a broader context, it explores the role of state immigration and labour policies in constructing "disfunctionality" among families of Filipino-Canadian domestic workers. The paper argues that the inability of 'live-in' domestic workers to immigrate to Canada with their spouses and children results in the destruction of traditional family roles, creating serfdom-like work situations in which family relations are maintained transnationally, from afar, for many years. When, and if, family members of domestic workers are finally unified, they are often plagued by tension and conflict. The article analyses migrant domestic labour in the context of the global economy and proposes policy changes.
- Subjects
CANADA; IMMIGRATION law; FAMILIES; FILIPINO women; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2000, Vol 32, Issue 3, p76
- ISSN
0008-3496
- Publication type
Article