scholarly journals Rights with Capabilities: Towards a Social Justice Framework for Migrant Activism

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Briones
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Global Political Economy ◽  
Academic Policy ◽  
Migrant Activism

The paradigm of rights, established throughout the academic, policy and migrant activism arenas, governs the protection of vulnerable migrant workers against abuse. To what extent this approach has achieved social justice for the migrant worker in the current global political economy climate is, however, uncertain. In analyzing the use of rights in migrant activism in Hong Kong, this paper shows the limitation of rights  in the migrant experience at the same time as it shows how a new paradigm based on the Capablities Approach could provide a more appropriate framework from which to achieve social justice for the migrant worker.

scholarly journals Eni Lestari in Conversation with Annalee Lepp

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annalee Lepp
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Board Member ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Global Alliance ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Current Board ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
The University ◽  
A Current

Eni Lestari is an Indonesian domestic worker and migrant rights activist who has been working in Hong Kong since 1999. She is the current chairperson of the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), the first global alliance of grassroots migrants’ organizations, founded in Hong Kong in 2008. She is also the current chairperson of the Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong (ATKI). Lestari is also a current board member of the Global Alliance Against Trafficking of Women (GAATW). In January 2016 she sat down with Annalee Lepp, Chair of the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Victoria, to talk about her experiences as a migrant worker and activist.

scholarly journals Elimi(Nation): Canada’s “Post-Settler” Embrace of Disposable Migrant Labour

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (14) ◽  
pp. 22-54
Author(s):  
Daiva Stasiulis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Migrant Labour ◽  
Progressive Reforms ◽  
Failure To Protect

This article utilizes the lens of disposability to explore recent conditions of low-wage temporary migrant labour, whose numbers and economic sectors have expanded in the 21stcentury. A central argument is that disposability is a discursive and material relation of power that creates and reproduces invidious distinctions between the value of “legitimate” Canadian settler-citizens (and candidates for citizenship) and the lack of worth of undesirable migrant populations working in Canada, often for protracted periods of time. The analytical lens of migrant disposability draws upon theorizing within Marxian, critical modernity studies, and decolonizing settler colonial frameworks. This article explores the technologies of disposability that lay waste to low wage workers in sites such as immigration law and provincial/territorial employment legislation, the workplace, transport, living conditions, access to health care and the practice of medical repatriation of injured and ill migrant workers. The mounting evidence that disposability is immanent within low-wage migrant labour schemes in Canada has implications for migrant social justice. The failure to protect migrant workers from a vast array of harms reflects the historical foundations of Canada’s contemporary migrant worker schemes in an “inherited background field [of settler colonialism] within which market, racist, patriarchal and state relations converge” (Coulthard, 2014, p. 14). Incremental liberal reform has made little headway insofar as the administration and in some cases reversal of more progressive reforms such as guaranteed pathways to citizenship prioritize employers’ labour interests and the lives and health of primarily white, middle class Canadian citizens at the expense of a shunned and racialized but growing population of migrants from the global South. Transformational change and social justice for migrant workers can only occur by reversing the disposability and hyper-commodification intrinsic to low-wage migrant programs and granting full permanent legal status to migrant workers.

scholarly journals Print media as a migrant advocacy tool: A case of Indonesian language print media in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Irfan Wahyudi ◽  
Panizza Allmark
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Multiple Media ◽  
Migrant Organizations ◽  
Migrant Activism ◽  
Depth Interviews

Hong Kong is listed as one of the most popular countries for Indonesian migrant workers. In 2012, more than 160,000 Indonesian migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) live in Hong Kong, and more than 90% of them are women. Hong Kong is the premium destination for IMDWs because of its moderately higher salaries, good laws and regulations, and its ambience of independence. The IMDWs can also access multiple media platforms, ranging from print media to the Internet. This writing specifically discuss about Indonesian newspaper published in Hong Kong and its relation with migrant activism. The research found that there are four existing Indonesian language newspapers in Hong Kong: Suara, Apa Kabar Plus, Koran Indonesia (KINDO), and Berita Indonesia. Conflicts between newspaper journalists and migrant organizations have affected the newspapers’ credibility. The methodology used is ethnography. Fieldwork conducted in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in 2013, 2014 and 2018. Participant observations, in depth interviews, and focus group discussions were conducted in this research.

scholarly journals Analisis wacana kritis pemberdayaan dan permasalahan TKI di Hong Kong dalam Film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Estin Endah Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Suicide Attempted

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalis berbagai tahap pemberdayaan TKI dan untuk mengetahui permasalahan yang dialami para TKI di Hong Kong berdasarkan faktor penyebabnya serta untuk merencanakan program Pendidikan Luar Sekolah terkait dengan film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis wacana kritis. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu, (1) tahap pemberdayaan TKI yang terdapat dalam film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park adalah tahap penyadaran dan tahap pengkapasitasan. (2) permasalahan TKI yang ditemukan dalam film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park berdasarkan faktor penyebabnya yaitu: (a) faktor ekonomi yaitu: terlilit hutang piutang, penahanan dokumen, menjadi PSK, mengalami penganiayaan dan pemerasan, (b) faktor budaya yaitu: gaji tidak dibayar, kesulitan berkomunikasi dengan bahasa setempat faktor, sulit memperoleh pekerjaan jika masuk daftar cekal, (c) faktor psikologis yaitu: TKI gagal berangkat, TKI bunuh diri, percobaan bunuh diri, putus hubungan komunikasi dengan keluarga, menjadi lesbian (3) Rencana pengembangan program PLS untuk para TKI berdasarkan hasil analisis content film, yaitu: (a) bekerja sama dengan Disnakertrans dan BNP2TKI mengadakan sosialisasi kapada para TKI pra penempatan, selama penempatan, purna penempatan, (b) bekerjasama dengan BLK TKI untuk menjadikan film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park sebagai media pembelajaran untuk calon TKI.Kata Kunci: analisis wacana kritis, pemberdayaan, permasalahan TKI A Critical Discourse Analysis of Empowerment and Indonesian Migrant Worker Issue on “Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park” Movie AbstractThis study aims to identify and analyze the various stages of the empowerment of migrant workers, to identify problems experienced by the Indonesian Workers in Hong Kong based on factors, and to define the project plan of Non-Formal Education related to Minggu pagi di Victoria Park movie. This research has been done with a method of qualitative research with a critical discourse analysis (Critical Discourse Analysis) approach, taking subject of “Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park” movie. The research found, (1) Phase empowerment of workers who are in the film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park are: stage awareness and capacity building stage. (2) problems of migrant workers were found in the Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park by contributing factors, are: (a) economic factors, namely: indebt, documentation hostage, become commercial sex workers, persecution and extortion, (b) cultural factors, such as: unpaid wages, communication skill problem, difficulties in finding jobs when they enter the block list, (c) psychological factors such as TKI failed to embark, be lesbian, TKI suicide, attempted suicide, lost and limited communication with family, (3) proposing the program for non-formal education to migrant workers based on the research are: (a) to have joint cooperation between Disnakertrans (Ministry of Manpower) and BNP2TKI to hold socialization, advocation, and facilitation to the migrants worker before embarkation, during employment, and after employment, (b) to have working collaboration with BLK TKI to promote Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park movie as learning media which can be easily understood by the Indonesian migrant worker (TKI).Keywords: critical discourse analysis, empowerment, Indonesian migrant workers issue

Sozial-räumliche Dynamiken der Agrartreibstoffe.

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (184) ◽  
pp. 423-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Dietz ◽  
Bettina Engels ◽  
Oliver Pye
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Spatial Theory ◽  
Global Political Economy

This article explores the spatial dynamics of agrofuels. Building on categories from the field of critical spatial theory, it shows how these categories enable a comprehensive analysis of the spatial dynamics of agrofuels that links the macro-structures of the global political economy to concrete, place-based struggles. Four core socio-spatial dynamics of agrofuel politics are highlighted and applied to empirical findings: territorialization, the financial sector as a new scale of regulation, place-based struggles and transnational spaces of resources and capital flows.

STRATEGI PEMBERDAYAAN BURUH MIGRAN PEREMPUAN INDONESIA DI HONGKONG

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Tyas Retno Wulan ◽  
Lala M. Kolopaking ◽  
Ekawati Sri Wahyuni ◽  
Irwan Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Social Remittances ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethical Work ◽  
The Government ◽  
Female Migrant

Social remittances (ideas, system practice, and social capital flow from the receiving country to the home country) of Indonesian female migrant workers (BMP) in Hong Kong appeared better and more complete than other BMP in other countries like Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, or Singapore.  Based on that research, we are encouraged to do extensive research in order to identify factors  that push  BMP’s social remittances development  in Hong Kong, to identify kinds of social remmitances they receive  and to understand on how far their social remittances become a medium to empower them and their society.  This study is done in qualitative method that uses an in-depth interview technique and FGD.  Subjects of study are BMP, the government (Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration and BNP2TKI), NGOs, migrant workers’ organization and researchers of BMP. The study done in Cianjur (West Java), Wonosobo and Banyumas (Central Java) and Hong Kong indicates that during their migration process, female migrant workers not only have economical remittance that can be used for productive activities, but also social remittances.  The social remittances are in the form practical knowledge such as language skill and nursery; knowledge on health, financial management; ethical work; the mindset changing and networking. The study  indicate that female migrant workers are extraordinary women more than just an ex-helper.  Their migration has put them into a position as an agent of development in society.Key words: Indonesians  female migrant workers, social remmitances, empowerment

scholarly journals Migrant Labour during the Pandemic: A Political Economy Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 001946622110212
Author(s):  
Deepak K. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
Working Classes ◽  
Migrant Labour ◽  
Cheap Labour ◽  
The One

This article aims to analyse the plight of the migrant workers in India during the Covid 19 pandemic from a political economy perspective. While taking note of the disruptions and uncertainties during the drastic lockdown that was announced suddenly, it is argued that the vulnerabilities of the migrant labour force are deeply embedded in the long-term changes in the political economy of development in India. These changes, on the one hand, have resulted in the gradual weakening of state support to the working classes, and on the other, have resulted in the normalisation of ‘cheap labour’ as a legitimate objective of neoliberal capitalist development. Locating the conditions of the migrant working class on the specificities of the manifold restructuring of the Indian economy under neoliberal globalisation, the study attempts to emphasise the structural dimensions of the current crisis faced by the migrant labourers. JEL Codes: J46, J61, O15, O17, P16

The ILO and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: labour migration, decent work and implementation of the Compact with specific reference to the Arab states region

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-320
Author(s):  
Ryszard Cholewinski
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Arab States

AbstractThis paper explores the role played by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the consultations and stocktaking during 2017 and the negotiations during 2018 leading up to the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). It examines selected parts of the text of the GCM, with particular reference to the ILO's mandate of securing social justice and decent work, as well as the protection of migrant workers and governance of labour migration. The final part of the paper looks ahead to the ILO's role in the implementation of the GCM, with specific reference to the Arab states region, where migration for employment is significant and the governance challenges, particularly in relation to the protection of low-wage and low-skilled workers, are especially acute.

Language competence, identity construction and discursive boundary-making: Distancing and alignment in domestic migrant worker narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (262) ◽  
pp. 97-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans J. Ladegaard
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Boundary Making

AbstractMany people in developing countries are faced with a dilemma. If they stay at home, their children are kept in poverty with no prospects of a better future; if they become migrant workers, they will suffer long-term separation from their families. This article focuses on one of the weakest groups in the global economy: domestic migrant workers. It draws on a corpus of more than 400 narratives recorded at a church shelter in Hong Kong and among migrant worker returnees in rural Indonesia and the Philippines. In sharing sessions, migrant women share their experiences of working for abusive employers, and the article analyses how language is used to include and exclude. The women tell how their employers construct them as “incompetent” and “stupid” because they do not speak Chinese. However, faced by repression and marginalisation, the women use their superior English language skills to get back at their employers and momentarily gain the upper hand. Drawing on ideologies of language as the theoretical concept, the article provides a discourse analysis of selected excerpts focusing on language competence and identity construction.

scholarly journals Addressing the Needs of Migrant Workers in ICUs in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 238212052097719
Author(s):  
Crystal Lim ◽  
Jamie Xuelian Zhou ◽  
Natalie Liling Woong ◽  
Min Chiam ◽  
Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Singapore General Hospital ◽  
Medical Interpreters ◽  
General Wards

Background: With nearly 400 000 migrant workers in Singapore, many from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, language and cultural barriers posed a great many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially so as majority of the COVID-19 clusters in Singapore emerged from their communal dormitories. With concerns arising as to how this minority group could be best cared for in the intensive care units, the need for medical interpreters became clear. Main: In response, the Communication and Supportive Care (CSC) workgroup at the Singapore General Hospital developed the ‘Medical Interpreters Training for ICU Conversations’ program. Led by a medical social worker-cum-ethicist and 2 palliative care physicians, twenty volunteers underwent training. The program comprised of 4 parts. Firstly, volunteers were provided with an overview of challenges within the COVID-19 isolation ICU environment. Discussed in detail were common issues between patients and families, forms of distress faced by healthcare workers, family communication modality protocols, and the sociocultural demographics of Singapore’s migrant worker population. Secondly, key practice principles and ‘Do’s/Don’ts’ in line with the ethical principles of medical interpretation identified by the California Healthcare Interpreters Association were shared. Thirdly, practical steps to consider before, during and at the end of each interpretation session were foregrounded. Lastly, a focus group discussion on the complexities of ICU cases and their attending issues was conducted. Targeted support was further provided in response to participant feedback and specific issues raised. Conclusion: As a testament to its efficacy, the program has since been extended to the general wards and the Ministry of Health in Singapore has further commissioned similar programs in various hospitals. In-depth training on the fundamentals of medical terminology, language and cultural competency should be provided to all pertinent healthcare workers and hospitals should consider hiring medical interpreters in permanent positions.

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