Book Chapter: Gender, Difference, and Contestation: Economic Geography through the Lens of Transnational Migration

Rachel Silvey, University of Toronto

The “global woman” is a central figure in contemporary debates about economic globaliza- tion. Indeed, transnational migrant women workers have played increasingly prominent roles in a wide range of conversations about the politics and possibilities of economic development. This chapter examines the literature on overseas labor migration of Indonesian and Filipina women workers in particular as a lens onto broader discussions about the gender politics of migration and development, and as an entry point into a review of some central feminist contributions to economic geography.