Health Concerns of ‘Invisible’1 Cross-Border Domestic Maids in Thailand

Toyota, Mika

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“…9,10 In 2001, the Ministry of Labor registered the work permit for 568 000 workers in all provinces and sectors in Thailand. 11 On July 1, 2004, the Ministry of Interior opened registration for all international migrants, including undocumented migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic at no cost.…”

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The Role of Health Insurance in Improving Health Services Use by Thais and Ethnic Minority Migrants

Jian

2009

Asia Pac J Public Health

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In Thailand, a universal coverage health care scheme for Thai citizens and a foreign worker health insurance program for registered foreign workers have been implemented since 2001. This study uses the 2000-2004 panel data of the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System to explore the role of health insurance in influencing the use of health care for Thai, Thai ethnic minority, and ethnic minority migrants from 2000 to 2004. The results show that health insurance plays a major role in improving the use of health care for ethnic groups, especially for Thai ethnic minorities. However, a gap still existed in 2004 between health insurance and health care use by ethnic minority migrants and by Thais. The results suggest that improving health insurance status for ethnic minority migrants should be encouraged to reduce the ethnic gap in the use of health care.

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The Role of Health Insurance in Improving Health Services Use by Thais and Ethnic Minority Migrants

Jian

2009

Asia Pac J Public Health

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“…Th e gender focus here should be clear, although it is not often highlighted in this literature: since women have fewer resources, fewer opportunities, and, in many cases, less freedom, they are also more vulnerable to risks such as HIV infection (Toyota 2006;Hayes 2010), disasters (Oswald-Spring 2008, and both direct and indirect forms of violence, whether there is armed confl ict or not (Summerfi eld 2007;Hoogensen and Stuvøy 2006).…”

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En-Gendering Insecurities: The Case of the Migration Policy Regime in Thailand

Doneys¹

2011

International Journal of Social Quality

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Th e paper examines the migration policy regime in Th ailand using a human security lens. It suggests that insecurities experienced by migrants are partly caused or exacerbated by a migration policy regime, consisting of migration laws and regulations and non-migration related policies and programs, that pushes migrants into irregular forms of mobility and insecure employment options. Th ese eff ects are worse for women migrants who have fewer resources to access legal channels while they are relegated to insecure employment in the reproductive or informal sectors. Using a gender and human security analysis, therefore, reveals how the migration policy regime, often informed by a restrictive national security approach, can clash with the human security needs of migrants by creating a large pool of unprotected irregular migrants with women occupying the most vulnerable forms of employment. In conclusion, it is suggested that this 'en-gendering' of human insecurities could be overcome if gender equality was designed into policies and guided their implementation.

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“…These remittances positively impact the balance of payments and become the foreign currency reserves needed to finance imports or service the foreign debt. For example, although data on remittances of overseas Philippine workers are not available by occupation or gender, total OFW remittances were US$7.6bn from January to November, 2004(POEA, 2005b. As the majority of all migrants, Filipinas abroad contributed a substantial proportion.…”

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“…For example, Hewison (2004) surveyed Thai women moving to Hong Kong for domestic work and Toyota (2004) studied Myanmarese women crossing into Thailand as maids.…”

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Globalization, transnational migration, and gendered care work: Introduction

Pyle

2006

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Health Concerns of ‘Invisible’1 Cross-Border Domestic Maids in Thailand

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

The Role of Health Insurance in Improving Health Services Use by Thais and Ethnic Minority Migrants

The Role of Health Insurance in Improving Health Services Use by Thais and Ethnic Minority Migrants

En-Gendering Insecurities: The Case of the Migration Policy Regime in Thailand

Globalization, transnational migration, and gendered care work: Introduction

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