Examining the struggles for domestic workers: Hong Kong and the Philippines as interacting sites of activism

Wui, Ma. Glenda Lopez; Delias, Dina Marie B.

doi:10.1080/01154451.2015.1085677

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“…Thus, the local community is not politically mobilized because there was no strong incentive for collective action. Our case contrasts with the collective action of migrant labor in Saudi Arabia (Chalcraft 2011) and transnational activism of Filipina domestic workers (Constable 2009;Wui and Delias 2015), where these communities are closely tied by a shared identity and a set of common interests that can drive political action. Working as foreign domestic workers, Filipina nannies in Europe are collectively disadvantaged in the labor market due to local regulations that threatened their right to stay once they leave their employers.…”

Section: Citizenship Bonds: De-mystifying Chinese Political Disengagementioning

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Beyond Ethnic Enclave: Social Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Paris’s “Little Asia”

Chen

2020

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This paper studies the integration of Chinese immigrants in the Triangle de Choisy neighborhood in Paris, which is known for being an exotic hub of Chinese commercial and cultural activities. Based on Serge Paugam’s model, we investigated the social integration of Chinese residents in the neighborhood. Our ndings show that while dense social bonds allowed for better connection, our respondents are generally reluctant to address political engagement, which Paugam (2017) considers as one of the four key aspects of social integration. The apparent result seems to con rm the so-called Chinese ethics of diligent work and political indi erence. However, after closer examination, we found diverse forms of participation that have not been captured by the conventional ethnic- centric understanding of political engagement. First, universalistic welfare policies reduced incentives for community-based mobilization. Second, a high level of internal heterogeneity within the community and exclusion of ethnic-particularistic experience in mainstream politics both led to individualized, subtle forms of participation. By situating individual political choice within their particular memories and life histories and reconceptualizing minorities’ political engagement beyond ethnicity, more forms of political engagement can be understood and appreciated. Finally, we argue that the conventional ethnic-centred understanding of minority political participation needs to be challenged.

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Section: Citizenship Bonds: De-mystifying Chinese Political Disengagementioning

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Beyond Ethnic Enclave: Social Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Paris’s “Little Asia”

Chen

2020

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“…(2017) also cite the need to to consolidate and strengthen linkages between these and other organizations. Existing studies show how forming and sustaining NOLAs help effect policy changes in both migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries (Hsia, 2009; Yazid, 2013; Wui and Delias, 2015; Hauf, 2017; Brookes, 2017; Scheper, 2017; Piper, Rosewarne and Withers, 2017; and Piper and Rother, 2019). This article contributes to this knowledge by showing that rifts between organizations frustrate efforts to sustain those networks.…”

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“…Such networks can help strengthen the effectiveness of their activism (Pangsapa, 2009). In their case study of transnational migrant activism between the Philippines and Hong Kong, Wui and Delias (2015) identified the actors involved and the interactions between civil society organizations in both origin and destination. Rather than relying heavily on resources from the international arena, Wui and Delias (2015) stressed the importance of drawing resources from both places to sustain the transnational activism aimed at addressing labor migration issues.…”

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“…In their case study of transnational migrant activism between the Philippines and Hong Kong, Wui and Delias (2015) identified the actors involved and the interactions between civil society organizations in both origin and destination. Rather than relying heavily on resources from the international arena, Wui and Delias (2015) stressed the importance of drawing resources from both places to sustain the transnational activism aimed at addressing labor migration issues. Ford (2005) argued that establishing a strong network between Indonesia-based migrant labor organizations and Hong Kong-based unions would be beneficial in the advocacy for Indonesian migrant workers.…”

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“…Pursuant to the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China in 1997. Crucially, the government in Hong Kong continued to enforce the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (Chan, 1996), which protected civil rights, including political advocacy and expression, that are not allowed in mainland China (Wui and Delias, 2015; Constable, 2009). Hong Kong also continued to apply 46 international labor conventions and standards, including ILO C097 Migration for Employment Convention (Revised) (ILO, 1997).…”

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Sustaining transnational activism between Indonesia and Hong Kong

Amalia

2020

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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This article explores the relationship between Migrant CARE, a migrant labor NGO in Indonesia, and the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union in Hong Kong and their potential to advocate for better protection of migrant workers’ rights by the Indonesian government. Indonesia’s transition into democracy, Hong Kong’s promotion of civil rights and the United Nations International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families provide opportunities for advocacy activism for Indonesian migrant workers and the possibility of cross-border cooperation of organizations in these two places. Previous studies show cross-border linkages of activism between Indonesia and Hong Kong but they do not pay attention to the factors that could promote sustaining the network. This article shows that both organizations have different strategies, alliance formations and ideologies in their activism. The differences between these organizations weaken their advocacy.

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Arviv³

2019

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies

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In recent decades, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly examined the role of gender in migration, the dynamics connecting migrants with cities, and the ways that intersections of race, class, and gender inform migrants' struggles over citizenship. Global cities have relied on low income gendered and racialized labor migrants to fulfill precarious service sector jobs, and urban growth has coincided with a series of sociospatial dislocations associated with neoliberalization, securitization, gentrification, segregation, and income polarization. Feminist and critical race scholars of urban studies emphasize the coconstructed nature of urban sociospatial inclusion and exclusion, and understand migration as central to the (re)production of difference and inequality in cities and globally. Research has attended to the politics of identity and scale, and in so doing has increasingly considered new geographies of belonging, occupancy, and citizenship within and beyond the nation‐state.

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Examining the struggles for domestic workers: Hong Kong and the Philippines as interacting sites of activism

Cited by 8 publications

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Beyond Ethnic Enclave: Social Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Paris’s “Little Asia”

Beyond Ethnic Enclave: Social Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Paris’s “Little Asia”

Sustaining transnational activism between Indonesia and Hong Kong

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