Author: Mary Beth Mills
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780813526546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text is an ethnographic examination of young women migrants in rural and urban Thailand. The author focuses on the hundreds of thousands of young women who fill the factories and sweatshops of the Bangkok metropolis, following them as they travel from the village of Baan Naa Sakae.
Author: Doctor Ruth Pearson
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2012-06-14
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 184813987X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy rarely witnessed by Western observers. Based on unique empirical research, it provides the reader with a gendered account of the role of women migrant workers in Thailand's factories and interrogates the ways in which they manage their families and their futures.
Author: Susan Horton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-26
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1134794894
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Suwann? Sath???nan
Publisher: Ewha Womans University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9788973005802
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jayati Ghosh
Publisher: Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
Published: 2021-01-29
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780367545987
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Formalising employment is a desirable policy goal, but how it is done matters greatly, especially for women workers. Indeed, formalisation policies that do not recognise gendered realities and prevailing socio-economic conditions may be less effective and even counterproductive. This book examines the varying trajectories of formalisation and their impact on women workers in five developing countries in Asia and Africa: India, Thailand, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco. They range from low- to middle-income countries, which are integrated into global financial and goods markets to differing degrees and have varying labour market and macroeconomic conditions. The case studies, using macro and survey data as well as in-depth analysis of particular sectors, provide interesting and sometimes surprising insights. Despite some limited successes in providing social protection benefits to some informal workers, most formalisation policies have not really improved the working conditions of women workers. In many cases, that is because the policies are gender-blind and insensitive to the specific needs of women workers. The impact of formalisation policies on women in developing countries is relatively under-researched. This book provides new evidence that will be applicable across a wide range of developing country contexts and will be of interest to policymakers, feminist economists and students of economics, labour, gender and development studies, public policy, politics and sociology.
Author: Alma T. Junsay
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1989-03-03
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a detailed examination of patterns and determinants of female labor in three developing countries: Thailand, Colombia, and Egypt. The analysis is based on interviews with women about factors such as migration patterns, the employment situation, household conditions, and other relevant socioeconomic factors. The result is a comprehensive look at female economic behavior in developing countries, forming the basis for broader understanding of women's economic conditions across cultural boundaries.