Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2007, 8 (1): 6-12

Domestic Work Dynamic from the Global Perspective

Tereza Hendlová

The article covers the topic of women's migration from poorer countries to the so called First World to provide domestic work and care giving. On the one hand, their movement is caused by the demand for domestic labour in rich countries where double career couples resolve the dilemma of reconciliation of public and private spheres by externalization of domestic work. On the other hand, the supply is significant. Migration and provision of domestic service is often the only survival strategy available to women from developing countries due to high unemployment and few working opportunities. The practice of hiring a migrant as domestic worker creates global care chains (Hochschild, 2001) that connect women engaged in care giving - those who are postponing it and those who are providing it. Migrant women hold an unequal position in these chains. They comprise a cheap labour in the informal private sector and so are vulnerable to abusive treatment. To tackle such discrimination, the patriarchal system stereotyping both women's and men's roles has to be challenged on the both sides of the care chain: in the developed as well developing countries.

Keywords: Women, Migration, Domestic Work

Published: March 1, 2007  Show citation

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Hendlová, Tereza. 2007. "Domestic Work Dynamic from the Global Perspective." Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research 8(1):6-12.
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