This article presents original survey data on differences between Bangladeshis, Pakistanis,
Sikhs and Gujaratis in Britain in terms of women's own employment and their household …

Recent research has suggested that patterns of economic activity among UK Pakistani and
Bangladeshi women may be changing. It is argued that a younger, UK-educated generation …

This paper examines change and diversity in the lives of Pakistani and Bangladeshi women
using qualitative interviews based in Oldham and secondary analysis of the Fourth National …

'For Asian women', writes Amrit Wilson,'wage labour is a new experience, both baffling and
exciting. Baffling because it is all so new and strange, and exciting because it brings the first …

The twentieth century saw dramatic rises in women's levels of labour market participation in
the UK whilst those for men fell slightly. Official UK statistics (ONS 2008) showed that 79 per …

This paper draws on research carried out in the UK which examined the views of South
Asian women towards employment, looking in particular at why the participation rate of …

Over the last three decades the dominant discourse on the emigration of women labour
migrants from less developed countries (LDC) has unequivocally focussed on the service …

This article examines the employment and occupational status of South Asian female
migrants in Australia, mostly Indian and Sri Lankan. It highlights their work differentials with …

According to Foucault, space is key to disciplinary technologies:'discipline proceeds from an
organization of individuals in space, and it requires a specific enclosure of space'(cited in …

Drawing on survey and ethnographic data, this article presents empirical evidence
regarding the impact of work participation on poor women's lives in urban Bangladesh …