Women's Studies 2244 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Migrant Domestic Workers, Fidel Ramos, Overseas Filipinos
21 Aug 2020
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The care crisis in the philippines: children and transnational families in the new. To end this crisis, they say that these migrant mothers must return. employment in order to support them. Many filipino children live in divided households, and are under serious emotional maids, etc. strain. with migrant mothers challenge this traditional view. Government officials and journalists have denounced migrant mothers in response. Many of these female migrants have their own children, but leave them behind to find. Implying that overseas work is only morally acceptable for single, childless women. The philippines media reinforces this position by consistently publishing reports on the suffering of children in transnational families. A growing crisis of care troubles the world"s most developed nations. 2/3 of filipino migrant workers are women most of whom fill domestic jobs (nanny"s, Dominant gender ideology for a women"s rightful place to be in the home, but households.
