With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women of 28 national identities and 10 different religious affiliations.

Chapter 1. Migrating Women and Domestic Work: Starting Our Exploration.- Chapter 2. Women Migrating to London, Berlin, Istanbul - A Research Study.- Chapter 3. Dreams Dashed but Not Forgotten.- Chapter 4. Migrating Women's Working Lives, Rights and Social Protections.- Chapter 5. Identity, Belonging, Discrimination, Racism, Sexism and Exclusion.- Chapter 6. Gender, Family and Religion.- Chapter 7. Family and Gender, Religion and Work.- Chapter 8. Migrant Women's Collectivism: The Diaspora and Community Organising.- Chapter 9. Migrant Women, Collectivism, and Trade Unions.- Chapter 10. Prospects for Women Migrant Domestic Workers.

With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women from 28 different nations and 10 different religious affiliations. Together they tell how patriarchal and religious gender codes in the family and at work shape their new lives in London, Berlin and Istanbul. Through their own accounts, the study explores the intersecting multiple and gendered identities women carry from their home countries and how these are reshaped, challenged, changed, or not, as they encounter different structures, traditions and cultural codes in their new countries. With women’s propensity for collective organizing, whether via community, social movements or trade unions as a central theme, the authors also bring together issues of migration, work and identity with trade union and community organizing. Migrating Women and Domestic Work is an important source for scholars and practitioners in each of these fields.

“The voices and lives of migrant women domestic workers are the central pillar of this book. … The book will therefore be of great interest to both scholars of labour studies, and labour and women’s movement activists who want to know more about how the intersecting aspects of migrant women workers’ identities shape their lives.” (Fenella Porter, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 56 (2), June, 2018)

“The voices of migrant domestic workers resisting attempts to control their lives come through strongly in this book and provide deep insight into lives that are intersected by gender, culture, family, and religion. A highly recommended read.” (Jane Holgate, Professor, University of Leeds)

"The voices of migrant domestic workers resisting attempts to control their lives come through strongly in this book and provide deep insight into lives that are intersected by gender, culture, family, and religion. A highly recommended read." (Jane Holgate, Professor, University of Leeds)

Presents a study of 120 migrant women doing domestic work in private homes in Istanbul, London and Berlin Takes an intersectional approach encompassing culture, religion and family background Covers groups traditionally difficult to assess and organise collectively, such as Kurdish migrants