Arts & Culture
The Global Care Chain in Transnational Migration
Quick fact
Millions of migrant women from countries like the Philippines and Mexico travel to wealthier nations to work as nannies and home healthcare aides, creating a chain where the care of one family is outsourced to another.
Why this is interesting
A mother in Manila tucks her own child into bed over a video call, while the child she nannies in London sleeps down the hall. Who is caring for whom?