1256 - Caring in an Unjust World

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

One of the fastest growing industries are related to caregiving for children, the elderly, disabled, and sick. At the same time, the activity of caregiving exists as both paid and unpaid labor and continues to be characterized as “women’s work.” The globalized market has relegated much of this labor to low-wage migrant women workers. Panelists explore care work in our increasing unjust world of economic, political and social inequality.

Sub Unit

• Presidential Panel

Session Organizer

• Mary Romero, Arizona State University

Presider

• Jennifer Nazareno, Brown University

Individual Presentations

• Unfree Labor: Migrant Domestic Workers in Dubai and Singapore - Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Southern California

• Revaluation, Not Devaluation: The Economics of Care Work - Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts

• Quality Maids: Why Hire Migrants? - Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol