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Unfree : migrant domestic work in Arab states /

A stirring account of the experiences of migrant domestic workers, and what freedom, abuse and power mean within a vast contract labor system. In the United Arab Emirates, there is an employment sponsorship system known as the kafala. Migrant domestic workers within it must solely work for their emp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Women household employees > United Arab Emirates > Social conditions. Women foreign workers > United Arab Emirates > Social conditions. Foreign workers, Filipino > United Arab Emirates > Social conditions. Contract labor > United Arab Emirates.

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