HEALTH CONCERNS OF ‘INVISIBLE’Footnote1

1. I am using the term ‘invisible’ not only to describe their physical isolation and their limited access to public spheres but also to indicate the institutionalized condition of social exclusion due to their ambivalent status between an employee and a family member.

CROSS-BORDER DOMESTIC MAIDS IN THAILAND

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