ASIAN WOMEN IN MIGRATION

Conference organized by the Scalabrini Migration Center with the support of MISSIO and the International Organization for Migration to give practical perspective to the atmosphere and decisions made at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women held in Septnber 1995 in Beijing by focusing in particular on women in migration.

Presentations:

• Issues in Research on Women, International Migration and Labor, by Sharon M. Lee
• International Labor Migration of Asian Women: Distinctive Characteristics and Policy Concerns, by Lin Lean Lim and Nana Oishi
• A contribution of the Asian female Immigration into the Canadian Population, by Margaret Michalowski
• Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore, by Diana Wong
• Migrant Women Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan: A Comparative Analysis, by Shu-Ju Ada Cheng
• For Wedded Bliss: Satisfaction of Migrant Partners of Australian Residents, by Pamela Matthews Brown
• Forward to a Better Life: The Situation of Asian Women Married to Japanese Men in Japan in the 1990s, by Yuka Ishii
• International Protection for Migrant Women as a Human Rights Issue, by Pamela Godlberg
• Asian Women in Migration in the Light of the Beijing Conference, by Carmela Torres