Exploring migrant women and work

This book studies the patterns and consequences of long-term migration among Asian women. The primary focus of the book is the `solo woman migrant' and the contributors focus on: the changing gender composition of migration streams; the motivating factors for migration; the specificity of conditions that induce women, rather than men, to migrate; and the different outcomes of male and female migration. This book studies, among others: the migration of Filipino women; Thai rural women's migration to Bangkok; Indian nurses in the Gulf; and Asian women medical workers in the United Kingdom. The conclusions drawn suggest that class and economic factors undoubtedly play a significant role in driving the migration process. In fact, the contributors emphasize that the occupational class of the migrant women marks their degree of vulnerability.