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ANALYSES AND PROPOSALS FOR ACTION Understanding Asian Women in Migration: Domestic Workers in Transient Overseas Returned Women Domestics: What's in Store for Them? p28 Future Action in the Interest of Foreign Women Domestic Workers p31 Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies on Migrant Women p33 Migrant Workers and the ILO p34 TYPES AND CASES Military Occupation and Prostitution Tourism in Asia p35 Mail Order Brides in Australia p37 Traffic in Women to Japan p41 |
Outrageous Victimization of Female Laborers and Tribals p43 From Dok Kam Tai Girls to Bangkok Masseuses p45 The Plight of Women Entertainers in Japan p48 The Impact of Turkish Women's Migration to Europe p53 When Women Have to Sell their Bodies: Migrant Workers in Abidjan p56 Internal Migration in Peru p58 Empowering Women Workers in Australian Industry p60 PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Thai Women's Voices p66 Growing Up in the United States p67 Wanita's Story p70 |
NETWORKS SOLWODI in Germany p71 A Shelter for Filipino Migrant Women p73 NOIVMWC in Canada p74 The House of Hope in Vieux-Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium p75 WICH in Australia p76 BABAYLAN - Networking of Filipinas in Europe p77 SENDING, RECEIVING AND IN-COUNTRY MIGRATION PROFILES Philippines, Colombia, and Costa Rica/Paraguay p78 Laos, Nepal and Sri Lanka p80 Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan p82 Canada, Hong Kong and Australia p84 |
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