Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
(2020) UTVK03 20201Sociology
- Abstract
- Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. Hong Kong is today considered one of the best places of destination for foreign domestic workers. Even though many domestic workers prefer Hong Kong, several cases of abuse and discrimination have caught media attention in recent years. The labour and immigration department also receive thousands of complaints from domestic workers about physical, sexual and verbal abuse every year. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyse how abuse & exploitation of... (More)
- Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. Hong Kong is today considered one of the best places of destination for foreign domestic workers. Even though many domestic workers prefer Hong Kong, several cases of abuse and discrimination have caught media attention in recent years. The labour and immigration department also receive thousands of complaints from domestic workers about physical, sexual and verbal abuse every year. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyse how abuse & exploitation of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong can be understood from an employer-employee relationship, an institutional level and a structural level. Data was gathered via a systematic review, and a critical feminist perspective, focusing on the welfare state, migration, the global care chain and intersectionality was used to guide the analysis. The study concludes that in generating an in-depth understanding of factors for abuse and exploitation of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong, one needs to consider all three layers in society. Without taking account for the effect of social structures on institutions which affect the employer-employee relationship, the high rates of reported abuse in Hong Kong cannot be understood. Furthermore, these women are discriminated based on both class, gender, ethnicity and citizenship, which, in combination, lays the foundation for their vulnerability in society. (Less)
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- author
- Älmeby, Caroline LU
- supervisor
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- Lisa Eklund LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong - A critical study of abuse & exploitation of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong
- course
- UTVK03 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Hong Kong, Foreign Domestic Worker, Filipino, Caregiving, Abuse, Exploitation
- language
- English
- id
- 9023040
- date added to LUP
- 2020-07-14 11:06:14
- date last changed
- 2020-07-14 11:06:14
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abstract = {{Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. Hong Kong is today considered one of the best places of destination for foreign domestic workers. Even though many domestic workers prefer Hong Kong, several cases of abuse and discrimination have caught media attention in recent years. The labour and immigration department also receive thousands of complaints from domestic workers about physical, sexual and verbal abuse every year. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyse how abuse & exploitation of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong can be understood from an employer-employee relationship, an institutional level and a structural level. Data was gathered via a systematic review, and a critical feminist perspective, focusing on the welfare state, migration, the global care chain and intersectionality was used to guide the analysis. The study concludes that in generating an in-depth understanding of factors for abuse and exploitation of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong, one needs to consider all three layers in society. Without taking account for the effect of social structures on institutions which affect the employer-employee relationship, the high rates of reported abuse in Hong Kong cannot be understood. Furthermore, these women are discriminated based on both class, gender, ethnicity and citizenship, which, in combination, lays the foundation for their vulnerability in society.}},
author = {{Älmeby, Caroline}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong}},
year = {{2020}},
}