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Choco (User)
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Re:Asia Women 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago
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Here's a news of Indonesian migrant workers :
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&
item_no=208709&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25
Often when I travel back and forth between Dubai and Jakarta, most seats were occupied with Indonesian migrant workers, some of them were new, some were returning workers.
They would share stories about their place of work, their bosses, and also their punishments ( The slaps - by hands or slippers - were 'daily snacks' ) which were unimaginable (ironed, locked days with no food or water, and many things).. yet.. so many workers returned as dead bodies still didnot make the government to do something. |
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linsi (Moderator)
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Re:Asia Women 1 Month, 2 Weeks ago
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hi Choco,
i wonder where is your posted response in asia women ? 
nevertheless here is a related excerpt from what you stated:
like the indonesian women counterparts-
"Filipino women rank among the most mobile or migratory in Asia," said sociologist Maruja Asis of the University of the Philippines.
Women are expected to make up an increasingly high percentage of the work force
Overseas work has its risks. Some 700 workers, mostly women,
die each year following mistreatment by their employers,
according to recent figures released by the
Filipino House of Representatives Committee on
Overseas Foreign Workers.
But women activists say the mortality figure is likely to be even higher. An anonymous source at Ninoy Aquino International Airport says that 40 foreign workers arrive home in coffins each week.
Most cases of death and abuse against female overseas workers occur in Arab countries. The best-known case involved Sarah Balabagan, a domestic worker in the United Arab Emirates, who in 1995 stabbed her male employer after he tried to rape her. Balabagan was sentenced to death, but international outcry led to the reduction of her term, and she returned to the Philippines after serving nine months in jail. Earlier, another Filipino domestic worker was executed in Singapore for double murder.
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linsi (Moderator)
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Re:Asia Women 3 Weeks, 5 Days ago
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At the other end of the spectrum,
the planet's best countries for women to live in are:
Sweden,
Norway,
Finland,
Ireland,
New Zealand,
Philippines,
Germany,
Denmark,
Ireland and Spain.
Not even one of the top-ten is a Muslim-majority state.
At long last,one of the best news articles i've read-
the planet's best countries for women to live in..
Philippines is one of the best countries
i can say "yes" the philippines is not patriarchal
on the other hand it is more of being matriarchal
and most of the time women, many of them in the philippines
are pampered by the males ( i said many of us..)
not to mention that higher percentage of filipino
women go out as overseas foreign workers and that is
around the globe which make them feel more important.
a bit of relief!
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=107809
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