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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is an excellent Harvard Law article by a law prof from AU: THE U.S. AU PAIR PROGRAM: LABOR EXPLOITATION AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE

https://harvardjlg.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2012/01/2013-summer.1.pdf

On the one hand, the “cultural exchange” rubric enables the U.S. government to house the program under the Department of State rather than Labor and to delegate oversight of this government program to private recruitment agencies that have strong financial incentives to overlook and even hide worker exploitation.

On the other hand, the “cultural exchange” rhetoric used in the au pair program regulations and practice reifies harmful class, gender, and racial biases and tropes that feed society’s stubborn resistance to valuing domestic work as work worthy of labor protection.

Together, these dynamics render au pairs vulnerable to abuse and threaten to undermine the tremendous gains otherwise being made on behalf of domestic workers’ rights. The Article concludes with a proposal to reform the au pair program with an eye toward promoting decent working conditions for all.[/quote]

I read through a portion.  Are there any unbiased sources, relevant to treatment of APs?  For some reason, they left out a list at the end, perhaps to make checking sources harder...[/quote]

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