By Kellynn Wee, National University of Singapore, Singapore Maid agencies frequently hit the headlines in Singapore for the most appalling … More
Tag: labour
Commodity geographies: bringing liveliness into the fold
Maan Barua, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford In December 2011, a pair … More
‘A woman’s place is in the kitchen’: Changing culinary culture
Kate Whiston, University of Nottingham In a recent article, Meah (2016) discusses the space of the kitchen – seemingly mundane … More
Gender Divisions of Labour
By Alanna Linn The division of labour is often a topic of debate. For example, two recent commentary pieces in … More
Migration for development
By Jenny Lunn The UNDP’s Human Development Report 2009 focused on the role of mobility in increasing human development. The … More
