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Women who work abroad face multiple forms of exclusion from their families, communities, and the governments of their countries of origin and destination. Whether they migrate out of compulsion or out of their own personal aspiration, they will most likely be unable to meet the “good woman” standards imposed by society.

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To understand women’s labour migration journeys, we have to situate their position in their home countries’ labour markets. In this first episode, Igor Bosc of the International Labour Organization speaks about patterns of employment and movement of workers in South Asia. How does the history of women’s participation in paid work affect their access to decent work, social security, and social protections when they become migrant workers? How do gender stereotypes affect their labour opportunities and inclusion in states’ economic policies when they return home?

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As the world shifts its focus to post-pandemic recovery, social justice advocates are calling for structural changes. We ask: If the world of work is changing, what are the chances of producing a feminist world? And how do we get there? What changes do we want to see in the arena of labour migration?

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#FeministFridays speakers Gilda Blanco (organizer, domestic workers movement in the USA), Carmen Helena Ferreira Foro (Brazilian Union Federation), and Eni Lestari (International Migrants Alliance) were joined by Robin Runge and Emily Paulin of Solidarity Center in discussing the gains in of using an intersectional feminist lens in strengthening workers' rights.

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#FeministFridays speakers Francia Blanco (union of trans domestic workers in Nicaragua), Fish Ip (International Domestic Workers Federation), Jille Belisario (Fairwork), and Tola Ositelu (International Trade Union Confederation) discussed how they promote migrant women’s labour rights in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

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How can we document women’s lived experiences without denying them agency? Is it possible to show that vulnerability and agency can co-exist in the same life story?

We asked these questions to Sine Plambech (Anthropologist and filmmaker), Vani Saraswathi (Migrant-Rights.org), Putheavy OL (United Sisterhood Alliance, Cambodia), Norm Sophors (The Messenger Band, Cambodia), Laure Makarem (Anti-Racism Movement, Lebanon), and Rahel Zegeye (Ethiopian migrant domestic worker and filmmaker).

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Speakers Ka Mei Lau (Asia Pacific Forum on Women and Development), Meri Ahlberg (Focus on Labour Exploitation), Natividad Obeso (Civil Association for the Rights of Migrant and Refugee Women in Argentina), and Menaka Raguparan (University of North Carolina) shared their insights on the significance of feminist participatory action research (FPAR).

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The panel in this first session of #FeministFridays composed of Nicola Piper (University of Sydney), Priya Deshingkar (University of Sussex), Tanja Bastia (University of Manchester), and Mary Boatemaa Setrana (University of Ghana).