Foreign worker

Why do females migrate to work as maids? In general woman will migrate to work as domestic workers for one of three reason. (i) limited or no jobs in their country of origin (ii) the income in there country of origin is not enough to sustain there family; and (iii) to get away from a volatile family situation. Women see working as a maid in another country as way to solve these problems and ways to support there families back home. However the question has arisen once these women from lesser developed

Domestic workers are considered one of the oldest service occupation in the world. Domestic workers, earlier in history, are seen as a way elite households display their wealth, hence often treated as the unpaid servant. People working on this job were likely to be given unfair treatment as their household see them as tools or lower social class. But as history progress, domestic workers are able to detach themselves from the control of their owners and able to prove their work as an individual profession

For the Mexican immigrant busboys working away at Il Vino, a restaurant in Chicago, they find themselves creatively contending against powerful stereotypes set by the local community. It is true that the Mexican busboys are affected by the “stigma of being ‘illegal aliens’ or the stigma of doing ‘dirty work,’ [but] they do not necessarily internalize these stigmatizations” (Gomberg-Muñoz 2010: 303). Instead, through strategic subtleness, by casually performing tricks like juggling around cases of

Indonesian Migrants’ Writing: Crossing Borders and Proposing a New Concept of Indonesian Domestic Worker Introduction Within these past few years, Indonesian domestic workers (hereafter IDWs) have caught people’s attention with the publication of their novels, short stories, and poetries. The emergence of Sastra Buruh Migran (migrant workers’ literature), a genre which refers to the creative writing of IDWs who work in countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore (Retnaningdyah 23), apparently

According to the Government of Indonesia (2004), Indonesian migrant workers are Indonesian citizens who are eligible to work abroad with an employment contract for a set period of time. In Malaysia, over 250,000 Indonesian women are brought to the country to provide domestic services in the private homes of middle-class Malaysians (Killias, 2014). These migrant domestic workers often take up residence with their employers for a minimum contractually defined period of two years (UN Women, 2013). They

Migrant Workers (J4MW) is a non-profit organization run by volunteer aimed at helping the migrant framworkers to gain their rights in Canada. This organization established in April 2001 when over 20 Mexican migrant workers organized a strike in Leamington and repatriated. They demand for a employment insurance created for the migran workers by the federal government and the right to apply for citizenship in Canada. Moreover, they fight to gain the fair treat and right to appeal for the workers (J4MW

Should be Required To Learn a Foreign Language for Two Years Learning a foreign language is interesting but it cannot be done in just several months. By learning foreign language someone can communicate with people all around the world. They can also access knowledge sources from other country such as books, articles and movies. But, there are some people said that studying a foreign language in university is student’s option. However, in my opinion learning a foreign language is necessary especially

be bilingual and most states do not mandate that their students take a foreign language course to graduate. The problem with this law is that it is causing students, who will eventually enter the global job market, to be at a disadvantage against migrant workers or workers that speak more than one language. Considering that the U.S. is a country that many immigrants flee to, the disadvantage for American students and workers are high. The risk of less job opportunity should not be the only worry

development of her adaptability to her environment. Next, Masako Owada showed determination in not only her school work, but also in her efforts towards achieving her dream job: a diplomat in the Foreign Ministry. Within the Japanese culture, women are considered to be a group of cheap, expendable, and unskilled workers until they are married; then they no longer have a job (Hills 113). Keeping this in mind, Masako knew that she needed to overcome the gender inequality in order to reach her goal, and no person

all but are aware that they may get nothing in return. Without trying, heroes lead by example and are the forces that drive us forward. These few are tested every day and make sacrifices for the ones they love (Askin). Female Filipina domestic workers are heroic because they challenge Filipino cultural norms, provide for their families in the absence of male providers, and sacrifice greatly in their duties. Filipina women fit this model of heroism. In some ways, they have no choice but to leave