Gendered Boundaries among Latin American Migrants in Brussels by Inés Pérez, Christiane Stallaert

“…We identify two main tropes within the discourse of our informants regarding this kind of work: the ‘(gendered) professional’ and the ‘(domestic) worker’. In our analysis, particular attention is given to the participation of men in paid domestic work within the context of migratory experiences.Resumen: Trabajadores domésticos y fronteras generizadas entre migrantes latinoamericanos en BruselasA partir de una investigación etnográfica realizada en Bruselas, este artículo analiza las construcciones de género relacionadas con el trabajo doméstico remunerado. …”
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Qualitative study exploring heterogeneity in caregiving experiences post-stroke in Singapore by Chuen Seng Tan, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, Shilpa Tyagi, Nan Luo, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Edward Menon, Boon Yeow Tan, N Venketasubramanian, Wei Chin Loh, Shu Hui Fan, Kenneth Lam Thuan Yang, Audrey Swee Ling Chan, Aysha Farwin, Zunairah Binti Lukman

“…Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Outcome measures Themes including caregiving experience of stroke survivors and their family caregivers across different caregiver identities.Results Following five themes were reported: caregiver reserve, coping strategies, caregiver burden, competing commitments and role of foreign domestic worker (FDW) in family caregiving. Spouse caregivers were less willing to ask for help, commonly adopted faith-based, and spacing or recharging types of coping, reported emotional strain and shared limited accounts of FDWs. …”
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PERSPEKTIF VIKTIMOLOGIS BAGI PEKERJA RUMAH TANGGA DALAM HAL KELAYAKAN BEKERJA by Leni Widi Mulyani

“…The duties of domestic workers are so important that the International Labor Organization (ILO) regulates their rights in ILO Convention No. 189 concerning Decent Work For Domestic Workers. …”
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PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM PEKERJA RUMAH TANGGA BERBASIS HAK KONSTITUSIONAL by Fadhli Junaidi

“…This paper discusses the importance of constitutional rights-based legal protection for domestic workers. The lack of attention from the Indonesian Government towards domestic workers has resulted in employers not treating domestic workers in Indonesia well. …”
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PROSES KETERLIBATAN ANAK MENJADI PEKERJA RUMAH TANGGA (Studi Pada Pekerja Rumah Tangga Anak di Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat) by , ELMI FRIDA PURBA, , Dr. Hempri Suyatna, M.Si.

“…The actors show their active role until the children entered the informal engagement process to be child domestic workers in Bandung city. Even, the most responsible involved actors are the relatives of the child domestic workers in the lineage, therefore the child domestic workers are hereditarily done, which it seems to help those children but actually in this case the children are victims. …”

Migrations féminines et transformations de l’emploi domestique dans la Bolivie d’Evo Morales by Sophie Blanchard

“…In the meantime, in Bolivia a law on domestic workers status was adopted in 2003 and since 2005 Evo Morales’ governments adopted symbolic measures in favor of the domestic workers : domestic workers’ status thus improved. …”
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Hak-Hak Pekerja Rumah Tangga dan Perlindungan Hukum di Indonesia by Muhammad Yafi Azhari, Abdul Halim

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze the rights of informal domestic workers and legal protection in Indonesia through Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower and Regulation of the Minister of Manpower (Permenaker) Number 2 of 2015 concerning Protection of Domestic Workers. …”
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The ”Khadama Dependency Syndrome”: Determinants and prospects for the future of domestic work demand in the United Arab Emirates by Froilan T. Malit, Jr., Mouawiya Al Awad, Kristian Alexander

“…This paper examines the future roles and determinants of foreign domestic workers living in United Arab Emirates (UAE) society as well as the implications of their work on local Emirati families. …”
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Trabalho doméstico: entre o poder simbólico patronal e a luta por reconhecimento jurídico by Attila Magno e Silva Barbosa, Giovanna Iasiniewicz, Maria Emília Valli Büttow

“…Among the methodological procedures used to obtain the data, includes eighteen semi-structured interviews and direct observation conducted at the headquarters of the Domestic Workers’ Union of Pelotas - seeking to understand the perception of domestic workers, employers and trade unionists about the recent changes.…”
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Conceptualizing practices of care in women’s lives. A domestic work case study in Ethiopia and Tanzania by Silvia Cirillo

“…Drawing from the lived experiences of female domestic workers in Ethiopia and Tanzania, this article illustrates different ways in which domestic work can be practiced and defined in both countries. …”
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Entre la proliferación de obligaciones y limitaciones: la movilidad de las trabajadoras del hogar en Lima durante la pandemia por Covid-19 by Alexandra Aroma Calderón Rojas-Sandoval, Lucía Rosadio López, Isaí Silva Zárate

“…It appears that the pandemic has impacted the mobility of domestic workers in different dimensions and at different scales according to their profiles. …”
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Exploring bystanders’ privacy concerns with smart homes in Jordan by AlBayaydh, W

“…Our studies seek to understand the privacy concerns and expectations of smart home bystanders and households in Jordan, with a particular focus on domestic workers. We explore legal and regulatory perspectives on privacy protection and how these relate to the tensions that may arise between households and their domestic workers. …”

Essential and forgotten. Domestic work and the impact of policy responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and Italy by Laia Tarragona, Elena Ghidoni

“…This paper compares the policies on domestic workers enacted during the pandemic in Italy and Spain, which illustrate how public policy engages in gendering and racializing domestic workers. …”
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Social support and coping among female foreign domestic helpers experiencing abuse and exploitation in Hong Kong by Chin Yung Choy, Leanne Chang, Po Yee Man

“…IntroductionIn Hong Kong, female foreign domestic workers are hired to assist with household chores and care. …”
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Examining power dynamics and user privacy in smart technology use among Jordanian households by Albayaydh, WS, Flechais, I

“…We uncover how asymmetric socio-economic power dynamics between households and domestic workers influence smart technology privacy concerns, practices, and rights perceptions. …”

Global Rights and Local Struggles. The case of the ILO Convention n.189 on domestic work by Daniela Cherubini, Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, Sabrina Marchetti

“…The ILO Convention is an attempt to address domestic workers' labor rights as "global rights" and as a global common goal due to their implications at the level of human and social rights for a wide range of vulnerable subjects in many countries. …”
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Transnational Filipinos in the UAE: Actors and Strategies by William Guéraiche

“…The third objective is to identify in practice the problems arising from the interaction of these three actors, namely the issue of domestic workers who do not complete their contracts, the negative consequences of their abuse on the image of the Emirates, and setting a reference wage.…”
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Exploring bystanders privacy concerns with smart homes in Jordan by Albayaydh, WS, Flechais, I

“…To address this we conduct 20 interviews with domestic workers and household employers in Jordan, exploring privacy attitudes and practices. …”

“Este tiempo me cambió la vida”: discursos y vivencias del tiempo de las empleadas de hogar durante la pandemia en Granada y Zaragoza, España by Jesús Martínez Sevill, Ana Lucía Hernández Cordero, María del Pilar Tudela-Vázquez

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze how the covid-19 pandemic affected the perceptions and uses of time of domestic workers in Spain, focusing, in particular, on the cities of Granada and Zaragoza. …”
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Caregivers Need Care, Too: Conceptualising Spiritual Care for Migrant Caregivers-Transnational Mothers by Ma. Adeinev M. Reyes-Espiritu

“…Growing research revolving around the plight of (Philippine) migrant domestic workers is noteworthy. However, the focus is largely on their role, capacity and identity as caregivers, meaning as labour migrants and transnational mothers engaged in both paid and unpaid care work. …”
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