Migrant workers in the care sector

Reiko Ogawa

Chapter 11 in Research Handbook on Migration and Employment, 2024, pp 168-181 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Care work, both paid and unpaid, sustain human existence and an integral part of the social reproduction. Care work is labour intensive, undervalued with low payment, and the site of care manifests global and local inequalities where economic, physical and emotional exploitation, power and control has been exercised. In recent years, as a result of the broader economic and social change, paid care work became expanded as a major source of employment for women including migrant women. Migrants are incorporated within the gendered and racialized labour market. The chapter looks into the definition of care, examines care economy, the structural transformation of the society that led to the feminization of migration, different regimes that govern migration, employment and care, and the agencies of domestic workers through global networking and advocacy that lead to the ILO Convention 189. By caring for migrant care workers and ensuring their entitlement, we can envision a more inclusive, democratic and equal society.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; General Academic Interest; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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