Forsker ser på filippinske au pairs forhold

Time: Tuesday 21 June at 14 – 16 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Background

Philippine au pair migration to Denmark and Norway has increased considerably during the last decade, in spite of the Philippine ban on au pairing to Europe.

Time: Tuesday 21 June at 14 – 16 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Background

Philippine au pair migration to Denmark and Norway has increased considerably during the last decade, in spite of the Philippine ban on au pairing to Europe.

Au pairs have left the Philippines as illegal emigrants, paying bribes to exit the country and migrating without the rights and entitlements of a Filipino OFW – an Overseas Foreign Worker.

However, au pair migration between the Philippines and Denmark has now taken a new step into a managed, legal system of migration on the basis of a bilateral agreement adopted in 2010, and Filipino au pairs are now leaving the Philippines legally.

On the basis of her PhD dissertation and new research conducted in Manila in February 2011, Helle Stenum’s presentation will focus on the governmentality of this new legal space of managed au pair migration, a space where gender, family, sexuality and nation are given the outmost importance.

Speakers

* Helle Stenum, Postdoc., Roskilde University
* Nauja Kleist, Project Senior Researcher, DIIS
* Simon Turner, Senior Researcher, DIIS

PROGRAMME

14.00-14.10
Introduction by Simon Turner, Senior Researcher, DIIS

14.10-15.00
Moral Economy and Flexible Citizens in Au Pair Migration by Helle Stenum, Postdoc., Roskilde University

15.00-15.15
Coffee Break

15.15-15.30
Discussant: Nauja Kleist, Project Senior Researcher, DIIS

15.30-16.00
Open Discussion

Chair: Simon Turner, Senior Researcher, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on http://www.diis.dk/sw109089.asp

And do so no later than Monday, 20 June 2011 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
The Conference Section, Strandgade 56, 1401 Kbn K
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