Gender, cross-border migrant workers and citizenship : a case study of the Burmese-Thai border; final technical report
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2011
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Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, TH
Abstract
Through the study of migration processes and labour market participation of Burmese women workers in Thai border factories, production and investment in Thailand is found to be affected by both supply and demand for cheap female labour. The research uncovers labour market effects and implications for gendered well-being and entitlements, and how women migrant workers struggle for their dignity in relation to the factory, their colleagues, and their family members. The ways in which different state policies in Thailand interact to create new cheap labour pools in the border area are also examined.
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CROSS BORDER MIGRANT WORKERS, BURMESE-THAI BORDER MIGRANT WORKERS AND CITIZENSHIP, BURMESE WOMEN LABOUR MIGRATION, MIGRANT WORKERS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GLOBALIZATION, GENDER ANALYSIS, LABOUR MIGRATION, WOMEN WORKERS