The Hidden Lives of Migrant Workers

Join Pulitzer Center journalist grantees Ana Santos and Allison Shelley and Senior Editor Tom Hundley at Northwestern University in Qatar on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, for a closer look at the lives of migrant workers in Denmark. Their discussion, titled "The Hidden Lives of Migrant Workers," is part of a multi-day visit to NUQ as part of the university's Campus Consortium partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

Santos and Shelley examine the au pair exchange program between the Philippines and Denmark, the top destination country for Filipino au pairs followed by Norway, as part of their Pulitzer Center-supported project Denmark's Au Pair Program: Cultural Exchange or Cheap Domestic Labor? . In their presentation, they will share how in this exchange program, the au pairs seek better lives in a foreign territory, not the cultural experience commonly associated with working in this profession.

Both Shelley and Santos have received support from the Pulitzer Center for multiple reporting projects.

Shelley is a photographer and multimedia journalist based in Washington, D.C. A former staff photographer for The Washington Times and previously director of photography for Education Week newspaper, much of her current work has focused on identity and belonging during crisis.

Santos is a journalist based in the Philippines. As the 2014 Persephone Miel fellow, she wrote about the hundreds of thousands of Filipino women who leave their children behind to work abroad as nannies and domestic workers. A motherless generation continues to grow as more and more women join the migrant work force.

In addition to their February 7 presentation, Santos, Shelley and Hundley will connect with students and faculty during classroom and other sessions during their multi-day visit.

The Hidden Lives of Migrant Workers
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
12:00PM-1:30PM
Northwestern University in Qatar
Room NU-Q 1-300
Education City
Doha, Qatar