Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2014
Abstract
Singapore was and remains an immigrant society. The immigration of newcitizens and temporary workers has become the primary means by which thepopulation is replenished and right-sized for its economic and demographicrequirements. More than one in three persons (or 38.6 percent) living inSingapore are foreigners (non-citizens, including permanent residents) in2013.[2] Of the 3.45 million working population in Singapore, about 38 percent(or about 1,296,800 persons are foreigners.[3] The vast majority of theseforeigners are transient workers (migrant workers) on short-term work permits.Of these, about 211,000—all women—are employed as domestic help (or ‘maids’ inlocal parlance) as of June 2013.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Law and Gender | Law and Society
Publication
Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific
Issue
36
ISSN
1440-9151
Publisher
Australian National University
Citation
TAN, Eugene K. B..
Troublesome women and the nanny state: Drawing boundaries and legislating bifurcated belonging in patriarchal Singapore. (2014). Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific. .
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2386
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