Media reports of abuse control gendered labor migration

Evidence

Female transnational workers, in fact, have been a driving force in changing the domestic economies, and restructuring of families in, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Pakistani o≈cials, however, often counter examples of such positive change by arguing for the need to protect the honor of Pakistani women. The circulation of media reports about the abuse of women employed as domestic workers, particularly in the Middle East, North America, and Europe, is one technique used to control gendered migration. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 500

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article: narratives about protecting women’s honor are classed and used to restrict movement, as in sumptuary and dress-policing cases. — connects to: Labor’s protective campaigns doubled as exclusionary racial and gender agendas — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3196