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The experiences of working as a migrant domestic worker (MDW) in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic exhibit the intersections of race, gender, and economic and immigration mobility within a highly precarious and exploitable system of labor. The interviews conducted by migrant solidarity committee, autonomous 8a, illustrate not only the sometimes-paradoxical imbrications of care and frustration but also the rewarding and enduring human connections that take place within the fraught space of the private sphere as workplace.
migrants solidarity committee, autonomous 8a.
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The authors from migrants solidarity committee, autonomous 8a connects and walks with the grassroots. They endeavor to fight for the genuine autonomy of peoples with mutual respect from the grassroots, where participating in democracy in their own capacities becomes possible. They devote themselves to the mass of migrant workers and their movement through connecting with and getting to know the grassroots. They continue to take part in migrant workers’ movements from different perspectives, distributing information.
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Also known as Victoria Peak, the highest point on Hong Kong Island, which is also the site of one of Hong Kong’s most wealthy, high status neighborhoods.
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A separate neighborhood on the other side of Kowloon, one of the four main territories that comprise Hong Kong.
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migrants solidarity committee, autonomous eight-a (2022). migrants solidarity committee, autonomous 8a: Notes on Migrant Domestic Care Work in the Age of COVID-19. In: Liu, W., Chien, J., Chung, C., Tse, E. (eds) Reorienting Hong Kong’s Resistance. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4659-1_13
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