Transnational Tradeswomen
Transnational Tradeswomen (2006 This documentary looks at issues facing women construction workers in six Asian countries: Thailand, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Singapore and Japan. The film's significance is to make connections among the conditions facing women workers in Asia and parts of the global North without resorting to universal categories or solutions. Transnational Tradeswomen examines the gendering of work in various economic and cultural contexts, as well as the impact of globalization on the employment of poor women who do manual labor. In this era of outsourcing and emphasis on call centers, etc., it's important for people not to imagine that everyone is becoming middle class!
