Citation

Henderson S. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219880969.

Affiliation

University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219880969

PMID

31674287

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

migrant domestic workers; structural violence; violence against women