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Multilingual repertoire as nexus of transnational journeys: The case of a Hong Kong-based migrant domestic worker

Journal of Modern Languages
Migrant domestic workers are frequently portrayed as vulnerable victims of globalization in both academic and popular media, a depiction that, while underscoring their challenges, risks presenting a one-dimensional view of their agency.
Nicanor Guinto
doaj  

Health and safety in paid domestic work: what does the COVID 19 pandemic reveal? [PDF]

Rev Bras Med Trab, 2021
Rocha EKGT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Misconstrued Notions and Misplaced Interventions: An Assessment of State Policy on Domestic Work in India. [PDF]

Indian J Labour Econ, 2021
Neetha N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El empleo de hogar: desigualdad y poder entre mujeres / Domestic service: inequality and power among women

Asparkía, 2009
RESUMEN: El tema escogido para este artículo es el análisis de la peculiar relación laboral que se establece entre mujeres en el caso del empleo de hogar; una relación que, para empleadas y empleadoras, se presenta como algo más que un trabajo, pero algo
Ana Martí Gual, María M. Poveda Rosa
doaj  

Domains of Physical and Mental Workload in Health Work and Unpaid Domestic Work by Gender Division: A Study with Primary Health Care Workers in Brazil. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Cezar-Vaz MR, Xavier DM, Bonow CA, Vaz JC, Cardoso LS, Sant'Anna CF, da Costa VZ.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mixed methods exploration of Ghanaian women's domestic work, childcare and effects on their mental health. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Owoo NS, Lambon-Quayefio MP.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Performing Migrant Domestic Work in Contentious Conditions. [PDF]

Am Behav Sci, 2021
Kaur-Gill S, Qin-Liang Y, Hassan S.
europepmc   +1 more source