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State-Sanctioned Structural Violence

Women Migrant Domestic Workers in the Philippines and Sri Lanka

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ID12436734
AuthorsSophie Henderson (0000-0001-6120-729X, University of Auckland, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue12-13
Pages1598-1615
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801219880969
PMID31674287
OpenAlexW2989336918
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

Adopting a structural violence approach, this article examines how the failure to implement protective rights-based migration policies by the governments in the Philippines and Sri Lanka creates the conditions for the systematic exploitation of women migrant domestic workers by recruitment agencies and employers. Fieldwork conducted in 2018 with advocacy groups, government agencies, and international organizations in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong illustrates how both countries are prioritizing the promotion of overseas employment and commodification of labor above the protection of the rights of their women domestic workers under domestic and international law

Business · Commodification · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Migrant workers · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year1,8
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9
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