Documenting the Undocumented: Female Migrant Workers from Bangladesh
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9848120807, 9789848120804
Length
104p., Tables; Figures; Maps; References; Appendices; Index; 22cm.
Subjects
Official figures on female migrant workers from Bangladesh are incredibly low and, most agree, misleading. Periodic restrictions imposed by the government on women taking certain types of jobs in foreign countries along with social norms that reprove Women's Independent Movement have pushed their migration underground. Micro level studies have documented cross-border female labour migration from the country but, for lack of credible national data, a broader ...
