Conditions of care

Migration, vulnerability, and individual autonomy

Bibliographic Data

ID17814391
AuthorsChristine Straehle (0000-0002-7046-6629, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume6
Issue2
Pages122-140
Publication date2013-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/ijfab.6.2.122
OpenAlexW1968644007
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper investigates the specific conditions of female migrant workers who come to Canada as caregivers for the very young or the very old. Most of Canada’s live-in caregivers come into the country under the auspices of the Live-in Caregiver program. I assess this program from the perspective of individual autonomy and vulnerability. I argue that such programs allow for the realization of individual migration projects; however, they also generate specific vulnerabilities for female care workers that restrict and disable their capacity for autonomy. Insofar as programs can be modified to avoid these vulnerabilities while still allowing for migration, they need to be changed

Autonomy · Business · Computer security · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

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