Domestic Workers in Jamaica

Domestic Workers in Jamaica

This paper addresses how and why domestic workers in Jamaica are disenfranchised, with particular emphasis on the law’s inability to combat their exploitation in the labour force. My starting point is an online newspaper article entitled “Coping as a Domestic Helper”, which was based on a stud...

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Publicado: ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean 2015
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DESARROLLO SOCIAL
GENERO
VIOLENCIA SEXISTA
TRABAJADORES DOMESTICOS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
GENDER
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC WORKERS
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spelling oai-11362-383892020-09-28T15:22:16Z Domestic Workers in Jamaica CDCC DESARROLLO SOCIAL GENERO VIOLENCIA SEXISTA TRABAJADORES DOMESTICOS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GENDER GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE DOMESTIC WORKERS This paper addresses how and why domestic workers in Jamaica are disenfranchised, with particular emphasis on the law’s inability to combat their exploitation in the labour force. My starting point is an online newspaper article entitled “Coping as a Domestic Helper”, which was based on a study investigating the living standard and coping strategies of minimum wage earners. In Jamaica domestic workers fall into three main categories - the residential worker, the non-residential weekly worker and the daily worker. Domestic workers are undervalued and their plight is especially grievous because they are characterized by a number of features that combine to have an exponentially negative effect on their social worth. .-- Domestic Workers in Jamaica.--Changing culture, advancing rights: The need for a mainstreaming approach to domes violence the need for an integrated approach.--Emigration of nurses from the Caribbean: A Summary. 2015-06-24T13:57:29Z 2015-06-24T13:57:29Z 2003-08 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38389 en Gender Dialogue 10 .pdf application/pdf CARIBE CARIBBEAN REGION ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
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language English
topic DESARROLLO SOCIAL
GENERO
VIOLENCIA SEXISTA
TRABAJADORES DOMESTICOS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
GENDER
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC WORKERS
spellingShingle DESARROLLO SOCIAL
GENERO
VIOLENCIA SEXISTA
TRABAJADORES DOMESTICOS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
GENDER
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC WORKERS
Domestic Workers in Jamaica
description This paper addresses how and why domestic workers in Jamaica are disenfranchised, with particular emphasis on the law’s inability to combat their exploitation in the labour force. My starting point is an online newspaper article entitled “Coping as a Domestic Helper”, which was based on a study investigating the living standard and coping strategies of minimum wage earners. In Jamaica domestic workers fall into three main categories - the residential worker, the non-residential weekly worker and the daily worker. Domestic workers are undervalued and their plight is especially grievous because they are characterized by a number of features that combine to have an exponentially negative effect on their social worth.
author2 CDCC
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title Domestic Workers in Jamaica
title_short Domestic Workers in Jamaica
title_full Domestic Workers in Jamaica
title_fullStr Domestic Workers in Jamaica
title_full_unstemmed Domestic Workers in Jamaica
title_sort domestic workers in jamaica
publisher ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38389
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