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On a hot February day in 2011 I attended a pre-departure seminar (PDOS) in Manila for future au pairs intending to work in Scandinavia. The pre-departure-seminar was one of the first PDOSs organized for au pairs. Compulsory attendance in a pre-departure seminar for au pairs had been included in the bilateral agreements between the Philippines and Denmark and Norway as a prerequisite for obtaining the ‘exit-clearance’ that all migrants need to leave the Philippines legally.
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Stenum, H. (2015). Bane and Boon; Gains and Pains; Dos and Don’ts … Moral Economy and Female Bodies in Au Pair Migration. In: Cox, R. (eds) Au Pairs’ Lives in Global Context. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137377487_7
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