On Mops and Maids: Repercussions of Paid Domestic Work on Female Albanian Migrants in Greece

EasyChair Preprint 10996

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to unravel the multiple effects of domestic work on the living conditions and integration of these women in the host country. The study implements the tool of research literature review. This method was chosen as it includes an objective approach and evaluation of the body of qualitative/quantitative research literature, in order to answer focused questions about the effects of domestic work on migrant women from Albania in Greece, using appropriate keywords in two databases. A review of the literature reveals that the low wages and precarious working conditions that characterise domestic work and care, allow for physical and moral exploitation, while at a social level there is marginalization and difficulty of access of domestic workers to social security, healthcare, community organization and labor representation.

Keyphrases: Albanian migration, Domestic work, Greece, Women, care work, feminization of migration, gender

@booklet{EasyChair:10996,
  author    = {Sintorela Chamiti and Theodoros Fouskas},
  title     = {On Mops and Maids: Repercussions of Paid Domestic Work on Female Albanian Migrants in Greece},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10996},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}