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Foreign Domestic Workers

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ACADEMIC RESOURCES

BOOKS/JOURNALS/PAPERS

  • Abdullah, N. (2005). Foreign Bodies at Work: Good, Docile and Other-ed. Asian Journal of Social Science,33(2), 223-245. doi:10.1163/1568531054930785
     

  • Anjara, S. G., Nellums, L. B., Bonetto, C., & Bortel, T. V. (2017). Stress, health and quality of life of female migrant domestic workers in Singapore: A cross-sectional study. BMC Womens Health,17(1), 2-3. doi:10.1186/s12905-017-0442-7
     

  • Au, A. (2017, March). Work Fatigue Study A survey into working hours and the sufficiency of rest among male foreign workers in Singapore. Retrieved March 25, 2018 from http://twc2.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/workfatigue_report_final5.pdf
     

  • Bal, C. S. (2015). Dealing with Deportability: Deportation Laws and the Political Personhood of Temporary Migrant Workers in Singapore. Asian Journal of Law and Society,2(02), 267-284. doi:10.1017/als.2015.17
     

  • Chiu, Y. K., Goh, C., Wee, K., & Yeoh, B. S. (2016). Drivers of migration policy reform: The day off policy for migrant domestic workers in Singapore. Global Social Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Policy and Social Development,17(2), 188. doi:10.1177/1468018116677218
     

  • Chok, S., Ng, J. (2017). Wage theft & exploitation among Singapore’s migrant workers. Position Paper: Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), 5-17.
     

  • Islam, M. R., Cojocaru, S. Rahman, Z.A. Hajar, A.B. Arnakim, L.Y. (2016). Story behind the closed doors: decent work practice among the migrant domestic workers in Singapore and Italy. Revista de cercetare si interventie sociala, (53), 304-325.
     

  • Wessels, A. (2015). Home sweet home? Work, life and well-being of foreign domestic workers in Singapore. Research Paper: Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics. 2-3.

NEWS COVERAGE

FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS

Woman charged over housing 21 workers in one apartment

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-charged-over-housing-21-workers-in-one-apartment

 

Commentary: Don’t hold our treatment of foreign domestic workers to countries with lower standard

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/treatment-of-foreign-domestic-workers-needs-higher-standards-10128416

6 out of 10 maids in Singapore are exploited: Survey

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/6-out-of-10-maids-in-singapore-are-exploited-survey-9454694

NGO for migrant workers, Home, denounces study which said majority of maids here exploited

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/ngo-for-migrant-workers-home-denounces-study-which-said-majority-of-maids-here

MALE MIGRANT WORKERS

Foreign workers invited home for a meal under Singaporean's 'Come Makan With Me' initiative

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/foreign-workers-invited-home-for-a-meal-under-sporeans-come-makan-with-me-initiative

I will never walk again: Injured foreign worker's journey home to China

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/i-will-never-walk-again-injured-foreign-workers-journey-home-to-china

Too injured to work: Migrant workers fight for medical leave, compensation

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/too-injured-to-work-migrant-workers-fight-for-medical-leave-comp-8001178

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