
RESEARCH TEAM
Principal Investigator:
Co-Investigators:
Research Coordinator:
Project Coordinator:
Country Research Managers:
FUNDING:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What are the workplace hazards faced by migrant women beer sellers in three types of venues (restaurants, bars/beer gardens, and nightclubs/karaoke clubs) in three Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos)? What are the gendered dimensions of these workplace hazards? How do these issues relate to the embodied sociopolitical and historical context of each environment?
METHODS: To most fully comprehend the intersections of gender, work and health amongst this marginalized population of migrant workers, we will undertake a participatory mixed-methods study that employs qualitative and quantitative methods including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, participant observation, a large-scale survey, and interactive knowledge integration activities.
OUTCOMES
PRESENTATIONS:
Principal Investigator:
- Dr. Denise L. Spitzer
Co-Investigators:
- Dr. Jean Grassman, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA
- Dr. Gail Webber, Bruyère Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Dr. Rantana Somrongthong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Lt. Col. Hatairat Kaoaiem (Ph.D), Royal Thai Army Nursing College , Thailand
- Prof. Sisokhom Sek, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun, University of Health Sciences, Laos
Research Coordinator:
- Ms. Naomi Tschirhart
Project Coordinator:
- Ms. Mora Gibbings
Country Research Managers:
- Ms. Phearoth Mey, Cambodia
- Dr. Vathsana Somphet, Laos
- Dr. Ong-On Prajankett, Thailand
FUNDING:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What are the workplace hazards faced by migrant women beer sellers in three types of venues (restaurants, bars/beer gardens, and nightclubs/karaoke clubs) in three Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos)? What are the gendered dimensions of these workplace hazards? How do these issues relate to the embodied sociopolitical and historical context of each environment?
METHODS: To most fully comprehend the intersections of gender, work and health amongst this marginalized population of migrant workers, we will undertake a participatory mixed-methods study that employs qualitative and quantitative methods including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, participant observation, a large-scale survey, and interactive knowledge integration activities.
OUTCOMES
- An improved understanding of how gender, work, and health intersect with other social identifiers such as socioeconomic class, migrant status, geography, sexuality and culture.
- A set of recommendations to mitigate the deleterious aspects of beer sellers’ work, to be shared and refined in collaboration with government, industry, non-governmental organizations, labour, and advocacy groups.
PRESENTATIONS:
- “Dressing Pretty, Performing Sexy: The Work of Gender among Migrant Beer Sellers in Southeast Asia” by D.L. Spitzer and N. Tschirhart, Gender and Change: Transcending Boundaries Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR, December 8, 2015.