Women of a Lesser Cost: Female Labour, Foreign Exchange and Philippine Development

Abstract

The present chapter provides a brief synopsis of current debates surrounding the core themes of the book notably gender and the household employment and migration. These sections review the existing literature first in relation to developing countries in general and then in relation to the Philippines where most studies to date have not been particularly accessible to a wider international readership. The discussions are intended not only to provide a backdrop to the detailed case study material in subsequent chapters but to clarify and contextualise the more specific questions examined in the book. The different sections on the Philippines together with an overview of the womens movement and gender policy are also intended to give the reader a general impression of Filipino womens lives and experiences. The chapter concludes with a synthesis of the key issues and a guide as to how these are explored in the body of the text. (excerpt)

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