Description
This forum, organized by DAMAYAN Migrant Workers
Association and co-sponsored by the Barnard Center for Research on
Women, Barnard Women's Studies, and the National Domestic Workers
Alliance, engages scholars, policy advocates, activists, and allies
about the situation of immigrant women domestic workers with the
Philippines as a case study. The forum is moderated by Leah Obias, Catherine Sameh gives
opening remarks, and the list of speakers and topics
includes: Neferti Tadiar, Professor and Chair of Women's Studies at
Barnard College, discussing globalization, migration and domestic work;
Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy at the Community
Development Project of the Urban Justice Center, discussing community
participatory research and organizing work; Cecille Venzon, Member of
the Board of Directors of DAMAYAN, giving a worker's testimonial; Terri
Nilliasca, Activist and Student at CUNY Law Center, discussing power
dynamics at the domestic workplace and the intersections of race, class,
gender and immigration; and Linda Oalican, Program Coordinator of
DAMAYAN, offering concluding remarks on building a comprehensive migrant
domestic workers movement. Grace Chang, who participated in the forum
via Skype, could not be included in this podcast due to sound quality
issues.
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