Women's Studies 1021F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Flag Of Canada, Reproductive Justice, Structural Adjustment
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Section 1: terms: for many female migrants, domestic service & care work is one of the the largest fields of employment (shawn meghan burn, 2009). The care chain refers to a paradigm that focuses on the movement of third world female migrants to the first world as domestic workers to take care of children & the elderly. It was formed through the flow & displacement of maternal affection. These women from third world countries are torn away from their biological families and forced to leave their children in the hands of even poorer women in their native lands. In return, they take care of the needs of modern working women of the first world in order to make money to send back to their families (manalansan, 2008). It is understood that through feminist consumerism, true female citizenship can be a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)ed.