Abstract
The paper aims to explore and analyze patterns of outward migratory flows
of Filipino women to Hong Kong for working as domestic worker. The data
is taken from the official records of The Philippines Overseas Employment
Administration for the period from 2001 to 2009. The paper explored the
patterns of global, regional and country wise flows of Filipino women
migrant domestic workers. The East Asian region seems to be the second
most attractive region for these women domestic workers. But Hong Kong
appears to be the most attractive destination for them on global and country
wise analysis. Hong Kong receives an incomparable number of the women
domestic workers from the Philippines (i.e. 86.5%) than any other country
in East Asian region during the period studied. The Filipino women
moving to Hong Kong comprises 21% to 48% of the total Filipino women
migrant domestic workers leaving country to move all around the world.
They make 6.8% of total Filipino labor migrants, 11% of total Filipino
women labor migrants, 30% of total Filipino migrant domestic workers,
and 31.4% of total Filipino women migrant domestic workers. In terms of
the Filipino domestic workers moving to Hong Kong, these women
comprise 98% of total Filipino migrant domestic workers of both gender
moved to Hong Kong and 99.75% of the total Filipino women labor
migrant heading to Hong Kong during the period of study. The data
analysis shows that Hong Kong is the most attractive destination for
Filipino women migrant domestic workers around the world.
Dr. Naima Tabassum, Huma Tabassum, Tabassum Afzal. (2014) HONG KONG: THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR FILIPINO WOMEN MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS, Asia Pacific, Vol-32, Issue 1.
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