Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Sandra ten Zijthoff Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 152 ISBN: 9783838346229
Описание
This study examines the social networks and the roles these play in the lives of Filipina migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Lebanon. In spite of often harsh injustice and exclusion from Lebanese labor laws, these women manage to overcome unanticipated difficulties by relying on their available social networks. The networks of influence embody both formal and informal structures at a local and transnational level. By tapping into these networks and with the accumulation of social capital through network ties, Filipina MDWs are able to access crucial resources, material and immaterial in nature, to overcome periods of difficulty during their experience in the host country. While formal structures, such as local NGOs and the Philippines embassy, are able to provide official services, Filipina women are found to rely predominantly on their informal ties that offer immediate, though potentially “illegal”, alternatives. These ties, thus, play a more significant role in the...
