ABSTRACT
The past decades have seen a significant increase in the number of women migrants. However, the increase in the number is also accompanied by an increase in women autonomous migration as main economic providers for their families. The emotionality and economic dependency of women suffering from abuses and violence can be extended to the plight of women who are migrant workers. Regardless of ethnic categorization of Migrant Women Workers (MWWs), there appear to be common experiences among immigrant women in their host countries. Some of these include, but are not limited to, social class, limited host-language skills, isolation from family, lack of access to dignified jobs, uncertain legal status, and subsequent accruing rights. Immigrants in general face some challenges when they resettle in a foreign country. When MWWs take on the role as main income provider, they have a tendency to leave husbands and children behind in their country of origin.
