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dc.contributor.advisorShefer, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorMcwatts, Susheela
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-01T13:41:06Z
dc.date.available2018-08-01T13:41:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/6164
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhD (Women and Gender Studies)
dc.description.abstractEvents in the last few years on the global stage have heralded a new era for domestic workers, which may afford them the voice as subaltern that has been silent until now. Despite being constructed as silent and as subjects without agency, unionised domestic workers organised themselves globally, becoming more visible and making their voices heard. This culminated in the promulgation of the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Convention No.189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers (or C189) in September 2013, and the establishment of the International Domestic Workers' Federation (IDWF) in October 2013. This broadening of the scope of domestic workers' activism has not yet received sufficient attention in academic research. These two historic events on their own have the potential to change the dominant discourse around domestic workers, by mobilising workers with agency to challenge the meaning of the political ideologies informing their identity positions of exploitation and subjugation.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectDomestic workers
dc.subjectFeminist methodology
dc.subjectInternational Domestic Workers Federation
dc.subjectActivism
dc.subjectPostcolonial theory
dc.subjectTransnational feminist framework
dc.subjectFeminist
dc.title"Yes madam, I can speak!'': A study of the recovered voice of the domestic worker
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape


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