In this study, authorsrs focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment industry, where displaced women do often work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labor conditions.
This book adopts a focus on migrants employed in sectors of the economy that are regarded as marginal or precarious ( domestic work and care work in private homes and institutional settings, cleaning work in hospitals, call centre labour, informal trade ) with the goal of understanding the aspirations and mobilities of migrants and their families across generations in relation to questions of gender and labour.